Sydney's rail infrastructure boom could shape great precincts and deliver nearly half the city's housing needs over the next 20 years shows the Committee for Sydney report "Rethinking Station Precincts" which uses analysis by SGS Economics and Planning.

Australia needs a radically different approach on national urban policy. The Commonwealth needs to avoid areas where it has no, or dubious, competence, such as grant programs for sports sheds or deciding which rail projects the states and territories should build. Rather, it needs to sharply define national targets for the economic, social and environmental sustainability of our cities, then share the tax dividends...

Come federal election time many in the urban policy community search for signs that an incoming Commonwealth Government will show stronger leadership on cities...