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

Insights For Purpose Housing

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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SGS Economics and Planning RAI

Recent research into rental affordability in Australia shows no relief for low-income households

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Housing

Hobart remains the least affordable city to rent in Australia while Newstart recipients and other low-income households are experiencing severe rental stress across Australia, the latest release of the Rental Affordability Index has found.

SGS Economics and Planning governing urban renewal hafencity

Governing urban renewal: lessons from Melbourne Docklands and Hamburg’s Hafencity

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Employment, Housing, Open Space, Retail

Urban renewal governance arrangements in Australia need reform. The funder, purchaser and provider in urban renewal projects often have conflicting objectives, leaving the host community with a compromised urban renewal legacy.

SGS Economics and Planning West Melbourne Structure Plan2

New planning policy amendment a big win for the West Melbourne community

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Employment, Housing, Open Space, Retail

Stroll through West Melbourne and you'll see a lot of new development: mostly residential high rise. But as the area continues to transition, its uniquely diverse character will now be retained with a new planning policy amendment supporting more balanced development.

SGS Economics and Planning Andrew M

Reflecting on a decade of change at SGS

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As we prepare to celebrate 30 years in business, SGS Economics and Planning Principal and Partner Andrew McDougall reflects on the exhilarating and somewhat challenging process of shaping and governing a purpose-driven, public policy consulting business.

SGS Economics and Planning PIA Award

City of Ballarat Creative City Strategy and Master Plan wins prestigious Planning Institute of Australia award

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Arts and Culture

City of Ballarat Creative City Strategy and Master Plan project team received another prestigious award on Friday: the Planning Insititute of Australia Victoria 2019 Best Planning Ideas – Large Project Victoria.

SGS Economics and Planning local council maintenence depots

Local councils need to retain their inner city maintenance depots

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Rather than leave maintenance depot facilities to the vagaries of the private market, we recommend local councils retain depots - even if they are in the middle of an urban renewal precinct. Here's why...

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