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"Responsible governance requires you to make decisions that have a long term input - a long term positive impact."

Are you interested in the governments’ role for the future of cities? What do you think about urban retrofitting? How can we encourage our politicians to think long term?

Interview with Harriet Shing, MP for the Eastern Victoria Region. Minister for Housing and Building, Precincts and Development Victoria, and Suburban Rail Loop. We will talk about her vision for the future of cities, the government’s role, liveability, urban retrofit, and many more.

The Hon. Harriet Shing MP has served as a Labor Member for Eastern Victoria since 2014. She has been a Minister in the Labor Government since 2022, and in December 2024 she was appointed Minister for the Suburban Rail Loop, Minister for Housing and Building and Minister for Development Victoria and Precincts. Before her election to the Victorian Upper House, Harriet worked as a lawyer. An accomplished negotiator and advocate, she has extensive experience in industrial relations, employment and discrimination law, and dispute resolution at State and Federal levels. Harriet has worked as a senior policy adviser, lawyer, and industrial relations specialist in the Victorian private, public, and not-for-profit sectors. She has also served as a trustee director on the board of industry superannuation fund Vision Super. As Member for Eastern Victoria Region, Harriet is focused on identifying and enhancing opportunities across the entire region to ensure that local communities thrive.

Find out more about Harriet through these links:

• Harriet Shing website
• Harriet Shing on LinkedIn
• @ShingvWorld as Harriet Shing on X
• @harrietshingmlc as Harriet Shing on Instagram
• Harriet Shing at the Parliament of Victoria

Connecting episodes you might be interested in:

• No.294 - Interview with Erick A. Brimen about governance experiments
• No.370 - Interview with Vít Jedlicka about new forms of governments
• No.378 - Interview with Remco Deelstra about the government's role in establishing the future of cities
• No.393R - The economics of adaptive reuse - Comparative cost analysis of revitalization vs demolition and reconstruction at Radex Park Marywilska

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