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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

Insights Housing

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

Insights For Purpose Housing

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LGiU AUSTRALIA LIVE EVENT: How to create more resilient local economies

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In this event, experts discuss the role of local government in economic development and how local councils can create more resilient local economies. Dr Marcus Spiller Principal & Partner at SGS Economics and Planning will moderate the discussion with panellists Jacqueline Brinkman, Patrick Fensham and Laurel Johnson. Jacqueline Brinkman CEO at Economic Development Australia will highlight the critical role... Watch event recording.

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LIVE Q&A EVENT: Building community wealth in regional Australia

Events

There is no better time to create fairer and more sustainable regional economies through Community Wealth Building. Join Patrick Fensham, Neil McInroy and event moderator Phoebe Harrison for a live discussion on Community Wealth Building in Australia. Watch event recording...

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NSW Infrastructure Contributions Review paper: an opportunity for systematic reform

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Following an unprecedented bushfire season and the challenges of the COVID-19 health pandemic, the NSW Productivity Commissioner released an issues paper for public response. Our submission to the Commissioner includes 10 recommendations...

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A city divided: COVID-19 finds a weakness in Melbourne's social fault lines

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Melbourne is a city divided. Of its five most disadvantaged municipalities, four of them have the most active COVID-19 cases. The fifth disadvantaged area is Dandenong, where the Spotless laundry is. In Brimbank, in Melbourne's west the number of active cases is in excess of 800 - that's more than 10 times the level of Boroondara in the leafy inner east...

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Casualisation and COVID-19: New analysis reveals tears in Melbourne's social fabric

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Employment

New analysis shows that COVID-19 is not affecting Melburnians equally. Many of Melbourne's disadvantaged municipalities with substantial concentrations of casual workers have the most confirmed cases of COVID-19.

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Celebrating John Brockhoff's elevation to PIA fellow: Patrick Fensham's tribute

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The Planning Institute of Australia held a surprise online celebration to honour John Brockhoff's elevation to Fellow. SGS Principal & Partner Patrick Fensham gave a tribute to John during the celebration: " I got to know John..."

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