Digital neighbourhood intelligence offers way forward

Digital community intelligence can help local government respond as the world stares down a global pandemic.

30 March, 2020

NSW planning changes let supermarkets operate 24/7

Emergency changes to NSW planning laws mean supermarkets can operate around the clock.

25 March, 2020

e-Planning to become mandatory from July

e-Planning will become mandatory for metropolitan NSW councils from July.

22 March, 2020

Tiny houses could ease housing pressures

ALGA says tiny homes could help solve the affordable housing problem.

13 January, 2020

Planning Commission faces shake-up

The NSW planning referee will be reviewed following a bungled mine approval.

21 October, 2019

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