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Planning public toilets: An inconvenient necessity for local governments

Insights Community Infrastructure Health

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

Insights For Purpose Housing

The ability for local governments to fund infrastructure and services

Insights Community Infrastructure

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Melbourne Event: Exploring Social Planning within the Planning System

Events

Join us in Melbourne as we discuss how to reshape land use planning to prioritise and integrate social planning as a fundamental component for sustainable and inclusive development.

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Live Q&A Event – Lots, Blocks and Precincts: Towards Quality Missing Middle Housing

Events

Join our expert panel, Patrick Fensham from SGS, Clare Harley from Strathfield Council and Stephen Glackin from Swinburne University, as they discuss "missing middle" housing and approaches to address issues at the block or precinct scale for better quality and diversity in established areas.

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Reality Check: Melbourne homebuyers facing hidden costs

Insights

Housing

People living in Melbourne's outer suburbs face significantly higher costs than those in inner city suburbs.

SGS Economics and Planning ESL Wellbeing

How does the wellbeing of cities and regions influence where we choose to live?

Insights

Health, Housing

Building on the release of the SGS Cities and Regions Wellbeing Index, this article investigates early evidence of a wellbeing effect on Australia’s internal migration between 2016 and 2021.

SGS Economics and Planning SEQ Housing

Addressing the South East Queensland housing crisis: A path forward without more urban sprawl

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Housing

A way forward for metropolitan-scale planning to address housing needs while creating liveable, sustainable and productive communities in South East Queensland.

SGS Economics and Planning AB Carticle Marcus

Commute for an hour and a half or work in a different industry? The choice facing residents on city fringes

Media

In an ABC News interview, Dr Marcus Spiller discusses the future of Melbourne's outer suburbs. Highlighting that these suburbs are projected to see an influx of 1 million residents by 2056. This projection takes into account various changes in living preferences and urban development strategies, signaling the need for thoughtful planning to accommodate the growth while maintaining the areas' appeal.

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