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Live Q&A – Community Wealth Building: Local Action with Lasting Impact

Graham Larcombe Award: Dhia Fani on why cities need better conversations, not just better plans

Public open space contributions in Victoria: A preferred approach

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Community Wealth Building: What will it take?

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For Purpose

If Community Wealth Building offers a pathway to more inclusive and resilient local economies, what stands in the way of its more widespread adoption as a model of local economic development?

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Improving financial sustainability in Australian local government

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Australians rely on local governments to deliver the everyday services and support that strengthen communities. However, the local government sector’s financial sustainability is under increasing strain.

SGS Economics and Planning UN Wellbeing Article

A global shift beyond GDP — and what it means for Australian local governments

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Education, Employment, Environment, Health, Housing

A new United Nations report signals a global shift beyond GDP, highlighting how local governments can use wellbeing frameworks and place-based data to better measure community outcomes, guide investment and shape long-term planning decisions.

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Childcare subsidy changes: Big gains for families, a growing challenge for supply

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Community Infrastructure, Education

The Federal Government’s childcare subsidy reforms mark a major step toward a more accessible system. But as affordability improves, pressure is building elsewhere, exposing the limits of existing supply.

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Live event — Planning under Treaty: What councils need to know

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Join us for a live event to discuss what Victoria’s Treaty means for how councils plan and make decisions. This session brings together leading voices to unpack what’s changing, what it means in practice, and how councils can respond.

SGS Economics and Planning Vic Treaty Event

Victoria's Treaty and land use planning: What local government needs to know

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For the first time, Victoria has formalised a Treaty relationship with the First Peoples of Victoria, which will reshape how land is planned and managed.

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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