Planning Commission faces shake-up
The NSW planning referee will be reviewed following a bungled mine approval.
21 October, 2019
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Green open spaces can unlock urban growth
Quality open spaces can unlock urban growth, a NSW planning bureaucrat says.
15 October, 2019
VR tech helps council planning
A Melbourne council says VR technology can help manage community concerns around planning and development.
22 August, 2019
NSW planning chief declares end to silo wars
The top NSW planning bureaucrat says the days of silos and culture wars are over at the department.
9 July, 2019
Building code: developers say council backlash is a ‘proxy to protest’
As new laws fast-tracking duplex developments meet resistance from NSW local governments, Urban Taskforce says councils are being “mischievous” while experts call for focus on evidence.
25 May, 2018
Budget: councils ‘in the vice’ on population pressures
Regional local governments are disappointed with the lack of increases to financial grants while metropolitan councils feel the budget is silent on growing population, expert says.
10 May, 2018
Councils come together on sportsground shortage
The importance of councils collaborating to push for large-scale infrastructure is laid bare in a new report warning of a sportsground shortfall across Northern Sydney.
5 April, 2018
Council adopts new approach to doing business
The City of Wyndham in Victoria is pioneering new ways of working and digital transformation as it responds to rapid population growth.
2 April, 2018
Cities globally ‘need to talk’ about their issues
Metropolitan Australia isn’t alone in facing challenges like population growth and climate change and could learn from other cities, an international expert tells Government News.
22 March, 2018
Call for governments to collaborate on climate in cities
Local governments and city councils must work closer with scientists and innovators to tackle the impacts of climate change in major cities, an Australian expert says.
5 March, 2018
Leadership needed on Sydney and Melbourne’s growth, says Infrastructure Australia
A new report from Infrastructure Australia is calling for the Federal Government to take leadership in securing the global competitiveness of Australia’s two largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne. The report recommends that the Government establish a framework of incentives to improve the productivity, liveability and affordability of our largest cities. “Australia’s cities are the powerhouses […]
26 February, 2018
Councils lose development control
IHAP are now mandatory for all councils in Greater Sydney and Wollongong.
10 August, 2017
‘Retrograde solution’: West Gate Tunnel Project a ‘permanent blight,’ says PIA
The Victorian government’s plans to connect central Melbourne to the city’s west have been called into question.
24 July, 2017
We’re not in the 1950s anymore’: NSW greenfield housing plan ‘not sustainable,’ Institute says
Cautions expanding urban sprawl.
8 June, 2017
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