Brisbane City Council has been accused of lining developers’ pockets in its latest attempt to increase housing supply, with warnings ratepayers would pay the cost of discounts in major project infrastructure charges.
  • Emu_Warrior@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    I read the article and I still don’t understand what a “salvo” is? The Greens are right though, this isn’t going to benefit anyone except the developers.

    • Zagorath@aussie.zoneOP
      2·
      1 year ago

      Its technical meaning is:

      a series of shots by an artillery battery with each gun firing one round in turn after a prescribed interval

      But derived from that is its common usage outside of military contexts. Particularly in the phrase “opening salvo”, which means:

      the first in a series of questions, statements etc that you use to try to win an argument

      It’s that usage which is being used here, only not necessarily with the “opening” part.