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

Insights For Purpose Housing

Community Benefit Sharing: A Path to Equitable Development

Insights Energy

Reflecting on a year of impact

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SGS Economics and Planning Crown Street Stables

Let’s get sipping: New Crown Street Stables café supports people with disability

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For Purpose

Five years ago, Ellen Witte and Tara Callinan worked with Moonee Valley City Council to prepare the business and financial plans for a café with a social purpose. Now up and running in a restored heritage building in Flemington, Crown Street Stables café provides a vital training and employment pathway for people with a disability.

SGS Economics and Planning James A

Adelaide's land tax rent claims not an open and shut case

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Housing

Claims that controversial changes to SA’s land tax system will push up rents are overblown, as supply and demand dictate that landlords can’t pass on the extra cost and price themselves out of the market, argues James Atkinson.

SGS Economics and Planning clean economy

Transitioning to a low carbon future: costs, benefits and actions

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Environment

New research by The University of Melbourne - Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute and SGS Economics and Planning shows that transitioning to a clean economy is sound economic development. Even when the benefits of reduced emissions are ignored, the economic benefits of transitioning to a low-carbon economy easily outweigh the costs. So what's next? How and why should we go low carbon?

SGS Economics and Planning Patrick Fensham

Shining Harcourt: Patrick Fensham contributes to local community development project

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Patrick Fensham volunteers his time to help stimulate the economy of the small town of Harcourt 30 kilometres on the Melbourne side of Bendigo in Victoria. SGS Economics and Planning Principal and Partner Patrick Fensham recently volunteered his expertise and insights to the Shine Harcourt project. The project is a community based economic development initiative of Mount Alexander Shire Council, led by creative agency Hello City, to help stimulate the economy of the small town of Harcourt 30 kilometres on the Melbourne side of Bendigo in Victoria.

SGS Economics and Planning Marcus S

Three ways local government can bolster affordable housing

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Housing

Many factors drive housing affordability beyond any direct influence of local government, but local councils do have the power to bolster affordable housing in their jurisdiction and make an even bigger impact by partnering with other councils, institutions and the private sector.

SGS Economics and Planning low carbon economy

Reduced carbon emissions would save Australian economy $550b: report

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The Australian economy would be $550 billion better off by 2030 through reducing carbon emissions to stem the impact of damaging climate change, a new report has found. Described as the first comparison of the costs of emission reduction relative to the potential damages from climate change under current policy settings, the report by SGS and the Melbourne Sustainable Societies Institute at the University of Melbourne finds Australia is on track for $535 billion in economic damage within a decade, if global emissions continue at their current rate.

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