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Australia’s rental crisis reaches new heights: 2024 Rental Affordability Index

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The ability for local governments to fund infrastructure and services

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Community Benefit Sharing: A Path to Equitable Development

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VAGO report into development contributions unveils the need for a root and branch review

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The VAGO recently released its report on Managing Development Contributions. While the audit report doesn't include several important nuances and principles, the Auditor’s instincts are right on target. Development contributions in Victoria are a mess; a root and branch review is required.

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Beyond bushfires: creating resilient communities

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Environment, Housing, Transport

Earlier this year, the world watched in sympathy as Australian communities dealt with catastrophic bushfires during the hottest and driest year ever recorded in Australia. Now that the bushfires have simmered, how can land use planners assist with the recovery and forge more resilient communities into the future?

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#EachforEqual: steps towards gender equity in employment

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Employment

This International Women's Day, we're calling for action from governments and businesses to stop social and economic data bias and plan cities that address the genuine needs and experiences of women in Australia.

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SGS Economics and Planning’s response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)

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In response to novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Australia, SGS Economics and Planning is taking action to ensure the safety, health and wellbeing of our people and our clients. We have implemented safeguards that meet official Australian Government guidelines and have taken additional preventative measures to slow the spread of the virus in society. While we are practising social distancing, we remain more connected than ever. We operate nationally, so our team is well versed in working collaboratively and using the latest technologies. We continue delivering high-quality project work with our clients.

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Recessions happen more often than you think

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The Australian economy has not experienced an annual decline in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) since 1990-91. Many people assume that almost three decades of continuous economic growth means that many Australian’s have not seen a recession during their working lives. However, this is not the case.

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An economic fix for planning scandals

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The planning scandal uncovered by Victoria’s Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) in the City of Casey, one of Melbourne’s burgeoning suburban growth areas, is truly a slow motion car crash. It features alleged bribery, bureaucratic intrigue, professional behaviour of dubious ethical standards and compromised local democracy.

SGS Economics and Planning acknowledge the First Nations Peoples of Australia and on whose Country we live and work. We acknowledge that the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia never ceded their sovereignty, and are one of the oldest continuing living cultures on Earth, have one of the oldest continuing land tenure systems in the world, and have one of the oldest continuing land use planning and management systems in the world.

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