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

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Community Benefit Sharing: A Path to Equitable Development

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Why we need a betterment levy in NSW: better late than never

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The NSW Productivity Commission in November released its final report on the Review of Infrastructure Contributions in NSW (PC Review). It controversially ruled out capturing a share of windfall gains made from rezonings or the granting of additional development, even though this is widely used in voluntary planning agreements (VPAs) and state infrastructure contributions (SIC). Planning controls ration access to development rights for the benefit and amenity of the community, and enable those...

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Victoria's economy and many social norms were upended in 2020, so what does this mean for the future?

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What is the future of Victoria's economy and settlement patterns? This article summarises a presentation given by SGS Principal and Partner Julian Szafraniec at the Victorian Planning & Environmental Law Association’s, State Planning Conference in November 2020.

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New report shows JobSeeker recipients continue to face severe rental stress; Hobart remains least affordable city

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Housing

The JobSeeker supplement has improved rental affordability for Newstart households across the country, but recipients are still facing moderate to extreme rental stress nationwide according to the latest release of the Rental Affordability Index.

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Australia’s creative sector can lead post COVID-19 recovery, but it needs immediate support

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Arts and Culture

The creative and cultural industries sector has been hit hard by the COVID-19 restrictions in Australia and internationally. The diverse creative workforce has an important role in Australia’s post COVID-19 recovery. Here are five ideas on how to support the creative and cultural industry sector in Australia and boost local economies.

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Insight from 30 years in business: You need more than generic data to understand and solve societal issues

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Australia’s cities, regions and policy challenges are becoming increasingly complex. Thankfully, we have more data tracking activities in our cities than ever before, which has helped improve how we understand and model what might happen in the future. However, data alone does not deliver the insights required to understand and solve pressing issues.

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Where are people working from home, and how could this reshape Australia’s cities and regions?

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Employment

New data by SGS shows the locations where Australian residents were regularly working from home before the pandemic. This analysis is a step towards understanding how working remotely could reshape the form and structure of Australia’s cities and regions.

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