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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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Live Q&A Event: Active Leadership for Active Transport

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Community Infrastructure, Transport

Join SGS, LGiU Australia and Municipal Association of Victoria for a live event on Thursday 1 September to discuss how to lead change at local and state levels and create more connected cities and neighbourhoods that prioritise walking and cycling.

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Discussion forum: An inter-governmental deal on better cities

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Join SGS Economics and Planning and Planning Institute of Australia on Wednesday 24 August in Canberra to discuss the institutional, funding and accountability pre-requisites for successful Commonwealth policy on cities.

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Failing to tackle the affordable housing crisis could cost Australia $25 billion annually by 2051

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Health, Housing

The continued underinvestment in public, social and affordable housing could cost Australia $25 billion annually by 2051 (in 2021 dollars) — with the estimated benefits of providing adequate housing reaching $110 billion, shows the new study Give Me Shelter. Businesses are urged to join the national discussion.

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LIVE Q&A EVENT Localisation, sustainability and resilience: Harnessing the power of Anchor Collaboratives

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Employment

Join us as we explore the potential benefits of a focus on anchor collaboratives and localising supply chains for local economic development.

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The next step in our B Corp journey: recertification!

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For Purpose

SGS reaches a new milestone: B Corp recertification. When we first discovered the B Corp movement, we knew it was a perfect fit for our business. B Corp organisations around the world aim to transform the global economy to benefit all people, communities, and the planet...

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Live Q&A Event: Equality in Health and Economic Outcomes

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Employment, Health

Equal health and economic opportunity for First Nations Australians is key to improving wellbeing. The Close the Gap Health Equality Campaign’s annual report for 2022 includes several recommendations calling for increased investment in models and approaches which are self-determined and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander led...

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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