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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

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

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The affordable housing beacon we sailed past

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Housing

Australia has an excellent example of an inclusionary zoning scheme that delivered affordable housing for 25 years, but we've missed opportunities to replicate it. This year, Australia’s first foray into ‘inclusionary zoning’ celebrates its 25th anniversary. The City West Affordable Housing Scheme...

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South Melbourne Market COVID-19 impacts and recovery

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Retail

New anonymised mobility insights data shows the number of visitors and how they access the South Melbourne Market changed significantly during the COVID-19 lockdown. Some of these trends are yet to return to pre-COVID-19 levels.

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What does population density mean for gender equality at work?

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Employment

This International Women’s Day, new research shows that workforce gender segregation is greater in Australia's suburbs and regions, while inner cities have a much more integrated workforce. This insight should strengthen policy makers' resolve to create successful, compact and diverse population and employment centres throughout our capital and regional cities.

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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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