If you want to support this sites ideas and are against high-rise development, then click on this link to see the facts - the further we sprawl, the more energy we use, pollution we breathe, our farmland gets eaten-up and more foreign imports arrive. On the other hand, if we build on density - especially around our current train stations and tram network, we can increase public transport options and frequency and can save what remains of our green areas surrounding Melbourne.
Also, high-rise development around public transport links and in suburban activity districts/shopping precincts will ensure developers don't build a 3-4 level apartment block next door to you in any suburban street across Melbourne - which is currently allowed.
Link to urban sprawl and petrol use;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Petrol_use_urban_density.svg
