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Great Australian Home-ownership Dream No Longer A Case Of One-size-fits-all

Saturday April 23, 2005
IN RECENT years the great Australian dream seems to have changed. While home ownership is still the ambition of many, single and dual households are challenging the baby-boomer tradition of buying the three-bedroom house on the quarter-acre block.

Children Can't Play Cricket In An Apartment

Monday April 11, 2005
I pray that the despised block never comes to an end ("The end of the mythical quarter-acre block", Herald, April 9-10).

The End Of The Mythical Quarter-acre Block

Saturday April 9, 2005
AUSTRALIANS want to live on quarter-acre blocks, and like to drive their cars, Michael Costa, the Roads Minister, said recently. And he berated the assembled urban planners for being fixated on public transport.

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