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.
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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.
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…
Councils lose development control
IHAP are now mandatory for all councils in Greater Sydney and Wollongong.
‘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.
We’re not in the 1950s anymore’: NSW greenfield housing plan ‘not sustainable,’ Institute says
Cautions expanding urban sprawl.
NSW housing affordability reforms clobber foreign investors, help first home buyers
Stamp duty concessions expanded.
NSW metro councils set to lose planning powers on big DAs
Cabinet decides on Thursday.
NSW government delays Airbnb decision
Options paper by next month.
Government inaction hindering retirement villages: experts
State planning policies need a shake-up.