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

NSW housing affordability reforms clobber foreign investors, help first home buyers

Stamp duty concessions expanded.

1 June, 2017

NSW metro councils set to lose planning powers on big DAs

Cabinet decides on Thursday.

30 May, 2017

NSW government delays Airbnb decision

Options paper by next month.

19 April, 2017