Measuring What Matters: Reflections on Australia's first national wellbeing framework
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Education, Employment, For Purpose, Health, Housing
The Measuring What Matters framework is an important step for Australian wellbeing.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.