What is the name of the proposed 18-kilometre tollway in Melbourne which will connect the Eastern Freeway with the Western Ring Road and for which the Bendigo street housing campaign, a series of occupations of empty state owned properties began in March 2016?
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Bendigo street housing campaign The Bendigo street housing campaign (also known as Bendigo Street or People Need Houses, Houses Need People) are a series of occupations of empty state government-owned properties acquired for the previously proposed East West Link tollway in Melbourne's inner north. The occupations commenced on March 30, 2016 with the involvement of the Homeless Persons Union Victoria, and have involved at least fifteen properties in Collingwood, Clifton Hill and Parkville, while ten properties are currently occupied, involving a campaign hub, a First Nations embassy and temporary/crisis accommodation, run by the community.
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East West Link (Melbourne) The East West Link is a proposed 18-kilometre tollway in Melbourne, Australia, to connect the Eastern Freeway at Clifton Hill with the Western Ring Road at Sunshine West. The Napthine Coalition Government signed a $5.3 billion contract with the East West Connect consortium in September 2014, just prior to the November 2014 state election, to begin construction on the eastern tunnel segment of the project. It became one of the central issues in the election, and a subsequent change in government led to the project's cancellation at a cost of over $1.2 billion. The problem of poor "connectivity between Melbourne's Eastern Freeway and CityLink" has since been included in Infrastructure Australia's list of Australia's 32 "highest priority" infrastructure needs and various solutions remain part of long-term state road planning.
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Mornington Peninsula The Mornington Peninsula is a peninsula located south-east of Melbourne, Australia. It is surrounded by Port Phillip to the west, Western Port to the east and Bass Strait to the south, and is connected to the mainland in the north. Geographically, the peninsula begins its protrusion from the mainland in the area between Pearcedale and Frankston. The area was originally home to the "Mayone-bulluk" and "Boonwurrung-Balluk" clans and formed part of the Boonwurrung nation's territory prior to European settlement.
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The Parade, Adelaide The Parade (often referred to as "Norwood Parade") is an Adelaide road in the eastern suburbs, running East-West from the Adelaide city centre to the foothills, connecting suburbs including Kent Town, Norwood, Beulah Park, Rosslyn Park, Auldana and Skye. It is more known for its shopping precinct than its role as a transport conduit for the eastern suburbs.
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E-TAG e-TAG is a free-flow tolling electronic toll collection system used on all tollways throughout Australia. The system was originally developed by Transurban for use on their CityLink tollway in the late 1990s, with the system since adopted by all toll roads, bridges and tunnels in Australia. The technology has different names depending on the issuer - such as Breeze (Eastlink Melbourne), go via (Queensland), E-toll (Roads & Traffic Authority (NSW) and E-way (Sydney motorways M5 and M1), however these are all interchangeable across Australia and no surcharges apply for use on other operators' toll roads.
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Australian property bubble The Australian property bubble is the ongoing debate in Australia as to whether or not the Australian property market is significantly overpriced, and due for a significant downturn (also called a "correction" or "collapse"). The debate has been ongoing since at least 2001, with Australian property prices continuing to rise. Some commentators, including one Treasury official, claim the Australian property market is in a significant bubble.
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Townsville Ring Road The Townsville Ring Road, is a major road in Townsville, Queensland. The road has been constructed as the new A1/M1 (Bruce Highway) Route that bypasses the inner metro area of Townsville, Australia. The road was built in 4 stages with the first three stages built as a two-laned main road. The First Stage, The Douglas Arterial Road, opened in April 2005.
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Railways in Melbourne The Melbourne rail network is operated by Metro Trains Melbourne under franchise from the Government of Victoria. The network is based on a commuter rail model centred on the Melbourne Central Business District (CBD) and Flinders Street Station, rather than a rapid transit model, with a focus on services at peak periods. A rapid transit system for Melbourne is currently in planning stages.
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South-East Melbourne South-East Melbourne is a major region of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The region covers 2947 square kilometres (1138 sq mi), with a total estimated population of over 1,700,000 people.
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Warringah Freeway The Warringah Freeway (also known as the Warringah Expressway) is a 3 km divided freeway located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The freeway forms part of the M1, the Sydney Orbital Network, and the Highway 1 network. The primary function of the freeway is to provide an alternative high-grade route from the Sydney Harbour Tunnel and the Bradfield Highway at Milsons Point to the A8 and the Gore Hill Freeway. The freeway reduces traffic demands on the Pacific Highway throughout Sydney's lower north shore, bypassing North Sydney and Crows Nest . Completed in a series of stages between June 1968 and August 1992, the Warringah Freeway provides a vital link to access most of the suburbs in Sydney and is also a major route to the north, south, east and west of the central business district.
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Wantirna South, Victoria Wantirna South is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 26 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Knox local government area. Wantirna South recorded a population of 19,271 at the 2016 Census.
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Eastern Highway Eastern Highway is a 4 kilometre highway with a mix of many arterial roads in inner northern Melbourne, Australia.
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Myrniong Myrniong ( , locally [ˈmɜːnɔŋ] ) is a town in Victoria, Australia. The town is located near the Western Freeway, 72 km north west of the state capital, Melbourne and 15 km west of Bacchus Marsh. Situated close by the Lerderderg River, at the 2016 census , Myrniong had a population of 404. The town is in the eastern area of Shire of Moorabool local government area.
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Melbourne City Centre Melbourne City Centre (sometimes referred to as "Central City", and colloquially known as simply "The City" or "The CBD") is an area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the area in which Melbourne was established in 1835, by John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner, and its boundaries are defined by the Government of Victoria's "Melbourne Planning Scheme". Today it comprises the two oldest areas of Melbourne; the Hoddle Grid and Queen Victoria Market, as well as sections of the redeveloped areas of Docklands and Southbank/South Wharf. It is not to be confused with the larger local government area of the City of Melbourne.
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Fairbairn Avenue Fairbairn Avenue is a major arterial road in the eastern suburbs of Canberra, the capital city of Australia. The road travels from a junction with Pialligo Avenue near Canberra Airport to the Australian War Memorial, a distance of 4.2 km . It is the primary access route to the Australian Defence Force Academy, Campbell Park and Mount Ainslie. Fairbairn Avenue carries the Alternative National Highway 23 designation for a short distance between Majura Road and Morshead Drive. This eastern section suffers from heavy traffic congestion during morning and afternoon peak periods and a number of recent upgrades aim to address this. In 2009, works to improve access and traffic flows around the airport precinct saw Fairbairn Avenue duplicated between Pialligo Avenue - where an existing roundabout was replaced with traffic lights - and Morshead Drive, also improving the intersection with Majura Road. As of 2013, major roadworks are underway which will see a grade separated interchange constructed over Fairbairn Avenue as part of the Majura Parkway project, due for completion in 2016.
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Riversdale Road, Melbourne Riversdale Road is a major east-west thoroughfare in Melbourne, Australia. It runs from Hawthorn to Box Hill South, and includes the many small shopping areas along it, located in Richmond, Hawthorn, Hawthorn East, Camberwell and Surrey Hills. Beyond Hawthorn, the road was originally called Molony’s Road.
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Wangaratta Wangaratta ( ) is a cathedral city in the northeast of Victoria, Australia, approximately 250 km from Melbourne along the Hume Highway. The city had an estimated urban population of 18,158 at June 2015.
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Yarra Ranges Shire The Shire of Yarra Ranges is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the outer eastern and northeastern suburbs of Melbourne extending into the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges. It has an area of 2469.9 km2 , and at the 2011 census, it had a population of 144,541.
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Harkaway, Victoria Harkaway is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 40 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Casey. At the 2011 census , Harkaway had a population of 772.
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North Bendigo, Victoria North Bendigo is a suburb of the city of Bendigo in central Victoria, Australia. North Bendigo is in the City of Greater Bendigo, 2.4 km north of the Bendigo central business district. At the 2011 census, North Bendigo had a population of 3,953.
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Southern Expressway (South Australia) The Southern Expressway is an 18.5 km freeway in the southern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia, between Bedford Park and Old Noarlunga. It is signed as M2.
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Reclaim Australia Reclaim Australia is a loosely structured group which in 2015 began holding street rallies in cities across Australia to protest against Islam.