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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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SGS Economics and Planning’s response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)

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In response to novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Australia, SGS Economics and Planning is taking action to ensure the safety, health and wellbeing of our people and our clients. We have implemented safeguards that meet official Australian Government guidelines and have taken additional preventative measures to slow the spread of the virus in society. While we are practising social distancing, we remain more connected than ever. We operate nationally, so our team is well versed in working collaboratively and using the latest technologies. We continue delivering high-quality project work with our clients.

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Recessions happen more often than you think

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The Australian economy has not experienced an annual decline in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) since 1990-91. Many people assume that almost three decades of continuous economic growth means that many Australian’s have not seen a recession during their working lives. However, this is not the case.

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An economic fix for planning scandals

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The planning scandal uncovered by Victoria’s Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) in the City of Casey, one of Melbourne’s burgeoning suburban growth areas, is truly a slow motion car crash. It features alleged bribery, bureaucratic intrigue, professional behaviour of dubious ethical standards and compromised local democracy.

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Regional communities have the most to benefit from transitioning to a low carbon economy

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Energy, Environment

Transitioning to a low carbon economy and regional economic growth are not opposite objectives. This article aims to reframe the debate from using regional economic development as a reason not to transition, to a reason why we should.

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LGiU launch event: tackling big issues locally I 27 Feb 2020

Events

Join SGS Economics and Planning and not-for-profit local authority think tank LGiU Australia on 27 February and discuss how to tackle big issues at a local level. Register to attend the free breakfast seminar and panel discussion in Melbourne CBD or live-stream the event. Watch the event recording...

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Planning for natural hazards in a changing climate: best-practice principles

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Environment

The planning system has an important role to play in adapting to the expected impacts of climate change. While some progress has been made, the lack of spatial understanding of the vulnerability of communities and infrastructure to climate impacts is a fundamental issue. To effectively plan for natural hazards in a changing climate, Australia's land use planning system needs to meet the four best practice principles outlined in this article.

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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