CUR Stories
26 August 2025
Robert Freestone, UNSW Sydney; Bill Randolph, UNSW Sydney, and Wendy Steele, RMIT University Australia has not had a national urban policy since the Rudd government. A troika of Liberal PMs followed. Tony Abbott wasn’t interested. Malcolm Turnbull didn’t quite live up to the hype but delivered cross-governmental City Deals and the Smart Cities and Suburbs […]
CUR Stories
17 September 2024
This policy discussion paper argues that the Commonwealth is underutilising its taxation powers in relation to the welfare of rental housing tenants.
CUR Stories
05 July 2024
Campaigns like ‘Plastic Free July’ urge us to reduce our plastic waste by avoiding single use food packaging, sorting and separating our plastic waste, and recycling responsibly – but is the infrastructure there to make the difference?
CUR Stories
12 January 2024
Understanding where cultural diversity occurs and how quickly people are being assimilated can help policymakers to ensure resources are fairly distributed and communities’ resilience enhanced.
CUR Stories
11 January 2024
With the start of the new year, we are welcoming a new Director to the Centre for Urban Research, Professor Libby Porter.