Michael Buxton

A sinister government agency has discovered that Ollie and Ivy have a whole bag of powerful inter-dimensional monsters trapped in bean form Can the duo face off against super-sneaky spies and professional monster hunters?

Best friends Ollie and Ivy are in for a wild adventure when they find a bag of jelly beans--each with an unusual and unpredictable monster inside The monsters inside the jelly beans Ollie and Ivy have found seem friendly and fun. But then an evil wizard (and his sidekick, Mung) comes looking for his beans ...

Melbourne has had the fastest-growing population of any Australian capital city for more than a decade. It is expanding outward while also growing upward through vast new high-rise developments in the inner suburbs. With an estimated 1.6 million additional homes needed by 2050, policy-makers need to address current and emerging issues of amenity, function, productive capacity and social cohesion today. Planning Melbourne reflects on planning since the post-war era, but focuses in particular on the past two decades and the ways that key government policies and influential individuals and groups have shaped the city during this time. The book examines past debates and policies, the choices planners have faced and the mistakes and sound decisions that have been made. Current issues are also addressed, including housing affordability, transport choices, protection of green areas and heritage and urban consolidation. If Melbourne's identity is to be shaped as a prospering, socially integrated and environmentally sustainable city, a new approach to governance and spatial planning is needed and this book provides a call to action.