On the 1 st of April 2019 at 6:30pm the ‘Urban Planning Special Committee’ of the Boroondara Local Council took place in the Council Chamber at 8 Inglesby Road, Camberwell. The Committee meets fortnightly alternating with the Council and ‘Services Special Committee’ (City of Boroondara, 2019a). During these nights, the Local Council are using the power given to them by the State Government to make practical day-to-day decisions including planning and development (Hurley,2019; Schatz & Rogers, 2016, pp.38-39). All meetings regard the Boroondara City Council which is 60km-squared located 5-10km east of the Melbourne CBD (.id, 2019). In 2018, 181,289 people lived in Boroondara and the median age was 38 years which is similar to 37 years in Victoria (ABS, 2018;.id,2019). In contrast, two differences are the Chinese population and the housing prices. In 2016, 11.2% of the population spoke Mandarin or Cantonese at home compared only 4.5% of Victoria’s population and the median wee...