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Planning public toilets: An inconvenient necessity for local governments

Insights Community Infrastructure Health

We can't have housing without thinking about sustainable cities

Insights Housing

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

Insights For Purpose Housing

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SGS Economics and Planning Bondi Beach Closed COVID 19 outbreak April 2020

COVID-19 economic recovery: Creating a positive legacy for Australian communities

Insights

The chance to create a positive legacy through investment is a once-in-a-lifetime event. That event is happening right now. Government investment in the right infrastructure will support economic recovery and improve how current and future generations live. Now is the time to hold steady, be focused and explore new ways to capture opportunities within existing strategic plans.

SGS Economics and Planning Andrew M

Four principles to help governments structure medium-term economic stimulus packages

Insights

Governments throughout Australia are preparing short and medium-term stimulus packages. This article introduces four principles that will help governments identify and prioritise projects and structure coherent medium-term infrastructure stimulus packages.

SGS Economics and Planning Bondi Beach Closed COVID 19 outbreak April 2020

Lessons from the Great Depression: going beyond standard economic approaches to bolster Australia’s economy

Insights

Employment

The COVID-19 pandemic represents the most significant challenge to Australia’s economy since the Second World War. While Australia’s economy and society are very different from the late 1920s, we need to learn from the Great Depression and do more than apply the standard economic methods during the COVID-19 pandemic.

SGS Economics and Planning Marcus S

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

Insights

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.

SGS Economics and Planning Australian bush fire

Beyond bushfires: creating resilient communities

Insights

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?

SGS Whittlesea Council Gender Equality Project

#EachforEqual: steps towards gender equity in employment

Insights

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.

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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