St Peters Church in Toorak has applied to build a vertical village plus a car park for 117 cars adjacent to its church on the prime corner of Toorak Road and Dalriada Street. It will require the removal of a healthy Atlantic cedar tree plus the demolition of the St Peters Toorak Tennis Club building. They have had 892 signatures signing a petition to fight the development.


Retirement villages have Canberra’s attention – now the sector must prove its value
Three years after Daniel Gannon took the reins of the Retirement Living Council (RLC), the sector has achieved something his predecessor Ben Myers was never able to: national recognition in Canberra. This is just the fist step. Retirement villages now need to capitalise on this moment. Here’s how.
