Making public transport safer for women

An innovation challenge hopes to find ways of making travelling at night safer for women.

9 March, 2020

Lobbying regulations just ‘window dressing’

Loopholes in government lobbying regulations are allowing powerful interests to avoid scrutiny.

17 February, 2020

Council planning partnership for Sydney ‘jewel’

Collaboration between councils, state and federal governments underpins a bold plan for Sydney.

22 August, 2019

Population boom undermines Sydney ‘three city’ dream

Sydney jobs need to match population to achieve the ‘three cities’ dream.

22 July, 2019

Sydney 30-minute city vision in danger of being derailed

A researcher has cast doubt on the Greater Sydney Commission’s vision for the future of Sydney.

17 June, 2019

Sydney’s third city thrives as population booms

One of Sydney’s fastest growing multicultural hubs is avoiding the residential squeeze despite expanding rapidly.

18 March, 2019

Councils hit back on housing completions

Local governments refute developer peak body’s claim that they’re behind development targets.

6 December, 2018

NSW Government adopts infrastructure, transport plans

Greater Sydney will become a “metropolis of three cities” under a key region plan adopted by the State Government on Sunday.

19 March, 2018

Sydney and Melbourne should be ‘polycentric cities’

As the population of Australia’s two largest cities push towards the 5 million mark, increasing attention is being paid to urban sprawl and the need for people to live closer to where they work. Many people in Australia say that Australia’s two megacities are getting too big, but they are minnows on the world scale. […]

23 October, 2017

Unmasking the Greater Sydney Commission: The power and the planning

Commission’s impact on local councils.

15 September, 2016

Could council merger create Sydney’s French Riviera on Botany Bay?

Mid-rise development predicted.

12 September, 2016