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Melbourne's planning story

Melbourne's reputation as one of the world's most liveable cities has not come about by chance, but by design. With recent predictions showing that Melbourne's population will pass 5 million sooner than previously anticipated, the Victorian Government has established a planning framework for managing future development.

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A cornerstone of the Government's planning framework, Melbourne 2030 was launched in October 2002. Since then, this framework has evolved to incorporate the findings and recommendations from the first five-year Audit of Melbourne 2030, as well as the Government's response to new population predictions in light of the 2006 census. Here is the sequence of releases and updates since Melbourne 2030:

Melbourne 2030 Strategy (October 2002)		Planning for all of Melbourne Melbourne 2030 Audit (May 2008)		Melbourne @ 5 million Victoria in Future 2008 (Dec 2008)		Victorian Transport Plan Freight Futures (Dec 2008)		Delivering Melbourne's Newest Sustainable Communities (June 2009)

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