Blog
01 May 2016
The Conversation’s academic experts look at the history of policies, whether they have been tried in Australia before, and how likely they are to succeed.
Blog
20 April 2016
Before the government considers company or personal income tax cuts, it should help the states replace property stamp duties with a broad based land tax argues the Australian Council of Social Service.
Blog
20 April 2016
In providing for the well-being of the next three million urban Australians, we need to take unvarnished stock of our situation.
Blog
14 April 2016
Greater recognition of the benefits of urban forests is focusing efforts from all levels of government to defend and improve them.
Blog
16 March 2016
Victoria’s Environmental Protection Authority has brought charges against four companies over the Hazelwood coal mine fire, which burned for 45 days in February and March 2014, blanketing the nearby town of Morwell in smoke.
Blog
16 March 2016
Significant urban policy and planning efforts have been directed at the problem of rising heat in cities.
Blog
07 March 2016
Since 1965 the per-capita annual consumption of chicken meat in Australia has increased ten-fold from 4.6 kilograms per person in 1965 to 44.6 kilograms in 2012.
Blog
04 March 2016
Melbourne’s population is expected to almost double by mid-century, overtaking Sydney as Australia’s biggest city.
Blog
04 March 2016
Combining water and architecture for sustainable living
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03 March 2016
Improved public transport has long been a high priority among Victorian voters however; the recent announcement of the $1.6 billion project to remove nine level crossings between Caulfield and Dandenong has not been met with the expected enthusiasm.
Blog
03 March 2016
The Canterbury earthquakes of 2010-11 required a momentous recovery undertaking by the City of Christchurch in New Zealand. Five years on, what insight can we glean from the fallout?
Blog
26 February 2016
There is much confusion about the effects of Labor’s tax proposals with respect to investors in rental housing.
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25 February 2016
The Australian tax debate has placed negative gearing under scrutiny.
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23 February 2016
Tensions are rising in Melbourne over plans to use elevated rail to remove suburban level crossings.
Blog
08 February 2016
Summer brings out the heliophobe in many of us. It’s manageable if you live in a house that stays cool when shut up tight. It helps if you’re physically capable of crossing to the shadier side of a hot street.
Blog
27 January 2016
Globally, there is intense discussion about the future of urban life through the World Urban Campaign.
Blog
22 January 2016
Japan’s experience makes it an interesting example to learn from in the area of aged care.
Blog
18 December 2015
Failing to tap the rich local knowledge and diverse expertise of groups with an interest in planning the places most meaningful to them risks a failure of democracy.
Blog
09 March 2015
Research into the way cities do – or do not – work can make a critical contribution to urban policy and practice.
Blog
21 January 2015
Research with parents reveals that many household routines are unlikely to shift in response to cost-reflective tariffs such as time-of-use (TOU).
Blog
12 January 2015
We are seeing oil prices tumble, dipping to less than US$50 a barrel, half the price of a year ago.
