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

Insights For Purpose Housing

Community Benefit Sharing: A Path to Equitable Development

Insights Energy

Reflecting on a year of impact

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SGS Economics and Planning Graham Larcombe Scholarship Rechelle Brooks

SGS scholarship reaffirms recipient’s passion for Indigenous planning and sovereignty.

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Having just begun her career, Rechelle Brookes wants to find the right path for her passions. Receiving the SGS Graham Larcombe Scholarship has reinforced that value-driven work is important and recognised.

SGS Economcis and Planning Mapping Landscape

Mapping the shifting landscape of socio-economic advantage

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Employment, Health, Housing

Unveiling the latest release of the Australian Bureau of Statistics' Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), we uncover the shifting landscape of advantage and disadvantage in Australia's major urban settlements over time.

SGS Economics and Planning Future Campbelltown

Future Campbelltown: High-rise living around urban centres crucial to avoiding past “poor planning”

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The rising cost of living has put significant pressure on households, with around 11,500 experiencing mortgage stress in the past year. A report called "Future Campbelltown" by the Committee for Sydney highlights that Campbelltown has a higher proportion of homes with mortgages compared to the rest of Sydney. Jeremy Gill, Principal and Partner at SGS and key contributor to the report, states that the income of Campbelltown residents is typically lower, making them more vulnerable to rising interest rates.

SGS Economics and Planning Rural Vic

More is more: Alternative sources of income for rural councils

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Rural local governments are efficient and innovative in generating alternative sources of income. But these supplementary income sources don’t make up for these Councils' lack of structural government funding.

SGS Economics and Planning National Housing Policy

Analysing the National Housing Policy: Trends, Prospects, and the Future of Affordable Housing

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Housing

The Albanese Labor Government has placed housing affordability at the forefront of their agenda – a noteworthy ambition. However, achieving their objectives would only mark the beginning of the efforts required to tackle Australia's significant shortfall in social and affordable housing. This paper delves into the trends and prospects associated with the National Housing Policy and presents ideas for how to fund the rebuilding of Australia's social and affordable housing infrastructure.

SGS Economics and Planning AEW23

Capturing the full picture: Why we must look beyond GDP to understand wellbeing

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Education, Employment, Environment, Health, Housing

SGS Economics and Planning's ground-breaking new index captures the socio-economic wellbeing of Australia, region by region. SGS Cities & Regions Wellbeing Index moves beyond state-level GDP data to show that where people live matters.

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