Sydney Light Rail: Is the Value Capture price far too high?

Developers reject new $20,000 per unit tax.

9 December, 2015

Councils in frame for new NSW data grab law

Analytics for all.

25 August, 2015

Government planners blamed for Woolworths woe

Masters all zoned out.

18 June, 2015

NSW moves to merge councils labelled a “mockery of fair process”

Local government declares reforms rushed.

9 June, 2015

Three tiers of government clash over population growth

Planning reform for redevelopment.

19 January, 2015

Developer group wants councils as members

By Julian Bajkowski Property development industry group Urban Taskforce has taken the highly controversial step of throwing open its doors to allow local governments to formally become “associate members” of the lobbying outfit as it seeks to redefine its engagement with policymakers. The move comes as the New South Wales government scopes-out a root-and-branch overhaul […]

27 February, 2013

Opinion on the weakening confidence in NSW planning process

  By Aaron Gadiel, chief executive at The Urban Taskforce   Recently there have been media reports that Catherine Hill Bay residents, with the assistance of the Environmental Defenders Office, have launched a further legal action to stop a subdivision for 600 houses.   There had been a succession of legal challenges, on technical grounds, […]

17 August, 2011

NSW planning mandate not enough

By Lilia Guan   Property development industry group, the Urban Taskforce claimed the New South Wales Government’s decision to act on its mandate to roll-back Part 3A lead to broader reform of the state's urban planning process.   The Taskforce’s chief executive officer, Aaron Gadiel, said the Coalition parties had set out an agenda to […]

5 April, 2011

Early return to surplus could provide local infrastructure boost

By Angela Dorizas With the Federal Government planning to restore the budget to surplus in the next three years, investment in local community infrastructure should be high on its agenda, the Australian Local Government Association has said. ALGA president Geoff Lake said local government welcomed the early return to surplus foreshadowed in the 2010/11 Budget […]

13 May, 2010