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Urban Ideas – What Makes Housing So Expensive? April 2025

The latest Urban Ideas editions talks about 'What Makes Housing So Expensive?' To…
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Urban Ideas – The failure of Sydneys Regional Plan May 2023

The latest Urban Ideas editions talks about The failure of Sydneys Regional Plan To…
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Urban Ideas – Migration Matters

Urban Ideas - April 2021 The latest Urban Ideas editions talks about Immigration…
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Mid-Rise Urban Living by Chris Johnson

See the webinar book launch of Mid-Rise Urban Living by Chris Johnson. Chris…
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Urban Ideas – Tax and Development

Urban Ideas - July 2020 The latest Urban Ideas editions talks about tax…
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Urban Ideas – Cities Shaped By Transport

The Berejiklian government has funded and delivered a series of transformative motorway and…
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Learning from Japan – Nature & Urban

The main lesson from Japan is how urban cities are evolving with their…
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Urban Ideas – Creating Communities Conference

On Friday October 12, 2018 the Urban Taskforce organised the Creating Communities Conference…
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Urban Ideas- Innovative Apartments

With a state election due in March 2019 it seems that many local…
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Urban Ideas- 20 Minutes to Parramatta

The Greater Sydney Commission’s Region Plan for Sydney identifies three cities with Parramatta…
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Urban Ideas- Urban Greening

The Urban Taskforce recently organised an Industry Breakfast on the topic of URBAN…
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Urban Ideas- We Built this City

any other industry. To understand more about the incredible flow on effect of…
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Urban Ideas- Sydney’s Emerging Urban Lifestyles

There is a growing debate about the changing nature of the Sydney skyline…
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Urban Ideas- Sydney Skyscraper Summit

On 18 August 2017 the Urban Taskforce ran a half day conference titled…
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Urban Ideas- Affordable Apartments

The Urban Taskforce is keen to contribute ideas to the big debate on…
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Urban Ideas- Architecture Innovation not Regulation

The Urban Taskforce has many architects as associate members and we acknowledge their…
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Urban Ideas- Sydney Olympic Park Master Plan Needs Flexibility

This issue of Urban Ideas focuses on the important need to move Sydney…
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Urban Ideas- Actions to help solve Sydney’s Housing Crisis

The Urban Taskforce has produced a publication outlining ten actions that can help…
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Urban Ideas- Learning from Asian Cities

While many Sydney planners hark back to the comfortable urban form of old…
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How to Supply 40000 Affordable Homes to Sydney in 10 Years

The Urban Taskforce has proposed a approach to the supply of more affordable…
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Urban Ideas- Mixed Use is the Urban Future

Here is the Urban Ideas magazine from the Urban Taskforce titled – MIXED USE is…
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Value Capture is Not a Magic Pudding

The growing interest in all levels of government in Australia in the concept…
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Urban Ideas- Tall Buildings

This issue of Urban Ideas looks into detail at emerging tall building designs…
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Urban Ideas- Urban Living Index

The Urban Taskforce represents the developers, financiers and associated disciplines that deliver the…
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Urban Ideas- A New Sydney Style

With the increasing globalisation of world cities comes a need to ensure each…
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10 Key issues for Metropolitan Strategy for Sydney

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Urban Ideas- Who lives in apartments

Sydney is clearly swinging towards cosmopolitan apartment living with 35% of residents living…
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Urban Ideas- Sydney Apartments Density and Price

The Urban Taskforce asked PhD candidate Michael (Man Kin) Lam to undertake research…
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Urban Ideas- Density & Infrastructure

Sydney will need to double the number of existing dwellings over the next…
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Urban Ideas- Faster Approvals for Mid- Rise Apartments

Sydney is going through an apartment boom with housing approvals running at around…
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Urban Ideas- Towers and Transport

Sydney’s population will increase by 1.6 million people over the next 20 years…
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Urban Ideas- Sydney 2050

The symbol of a global city has become the high rise tower. Hong…
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Urban Ideas- Ecodencity

Sydney more than most cities in the world has a rich cosmopolitan mix…
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Urban Ideas- Reforming Sydney’s Councils- 20 Essential Actions

The relationship between the State Government roles and Local Government must drive reforms.…
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Making NSW No 1 in Planning and Building

Since around 2003, NSW has been dropping behind other states in terms of…
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Urban Ideas- Apartment Living for Seniors

One of the biggest demographic groups driving this change is the increasing number…
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Urban Ideas- Vancouver’s Ecodensity

Both cities are often in the top 10 world cities for liveability. Both…
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Urban Ideas- Are these assets being utilised fully

The government owns significant land holdings for railways, health, education, ports and many…
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Keeping the local in Local Government while improving efficiency

Now is the perfect time to propose new structures for Local Government in…
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Sydney’s Liveability Crisis- Reforming Local Government

Unfortunately NSW is a long way from being number one in the areas…
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100,000 new apartments and 100,000 new jobs can transform Parramatta Road into a Liveability Corridor

Most Sydneysiders see Parramatta Road as an eyesore with a hotpotch of car…
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Where will Sydney accommodate 500,000 new apartments in the next 25 years?

Sydney’s Metropolitan Plan has a target of 770,000 new housing units by 2036.…
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There’s No Place Like Home

Last year the Urban Taskforce published Going Nowhere, a major report on the…
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People Power

This report sets out the vital contribution that cities make to Australia’s economic…
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Deny Everything

Why NSW urban development is going nowhere and what must be done to…
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Liveable Centres

The growth of our cities and regions has been Australia’s economic engine room.…
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Life’s Essentials

The Taskforce has been alarmed at Hunter Water’s proposal to fund 60 per…
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Choice Free Zone

In most cities around the world, planning controls or regulations of some form…
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Urban Ideas - What Makes Housing So Expensive? April 2025
The latest Urban Ideas editions talks about ‘What Makes Housing So...
Read More
Urban Ideas - The failure of Sydneys Regional Plan May 2023
The latest Urban Ideas editions talks about The failure of Sydneys Regional...
Read More
Urban Ideas - Migration Matters
Urban Ideas – April 2021 The latest Urban Ideas editions talks about...
Read More
Mid-Rise Urban Living by Chris Johnson
See the webinar book launch of Mid-Rise Urban Living by Chris Johnson. Chris...
Read More
Urban Ideas - Tax and Development
Urban Ideas – July 2020 The latest Urban Ideas editions talks about...
Read More
Urban Ideas - Cities Shaped By Transport
The Berejiklian government has funded and delivered a series of transformative...
Read More
Learning from Japan - Nature & Urban
The main lesson from Japan is how urban cities are evolving with their...
Read More
Urban Ideas - Creating Communities Conference
On Friday October 12, 2018 the Urban Taskforce organised the Creating Communities...
Read More
Urban Ideas- Innovative Apartments
With a state election due in March 2019 it seems that many local politicians...
Read More
Urban Ideas- 20 Minutes to Parramatta
The Greater Sydney Commission’s Region Plan for Sydney identifies three...
Read More
Urban Ideas- Urban Greening
The Urban Taskforce recently organised an Industry Breakfast on the topic...
Read More
Urban Ideas- We Built this City
any other industry. To understand more about the incredible flow on effect...
Read More
Urban Ideas- Sydney's Emerging Urban Lifestyles
There is a growing debate about the changing nature of the Sydney skyline...
Read More
Urban Ideas- Sydney Skyscraper Summit
On 18 August 2017 the Urban Taskforce ran a half day conference titled...
Read More
Urban Ideas- Affordable Apartments
The Urban Taskforce is keen to contribute ideas to the big debate on affordable...
Read More
Urban Ideas- Architecture Innovation not Regulation
The Urban Taskforce has many architects as associate members and we acknowledge...
Read More
Urban Ideas- Sydney Olympic Park Master Plan Needs Flexibility
This issue of Urban Ideas focuses on the important need to move Sydney...
Read More
Urban Ideas- Actions to help solve Sydney's Housing Crisis
The Urban Taskforce has produced a publication outlining ten actions that...
Read More
Urban Ideas- Learning from Asian Cities
While many Sydney planners hark back to the comfortable urban form of old...
Read More
How to Supply 40000 Affordable Homes to Sydney in 10 Years
The Urban Taskforce has proposed a approach to the supply of more affordable...
Read More
Urban Ideas- Mixed Use is the Urban Future
Here is the Urban Ideas magazine from the Urban Taskforce titled – MIXED...
Read More
Value Capture is Not a Magic Pudding
The growing interest in all levels of government in Australia in the concept...
Read More
Urban Ideas- Tall Buildings
This issue of Urban Ideas looks into detail at emerging tall building designs...
Read More
Urban Ideas- Urban Living Index
The Urban Taskforce represents the developers, financiers and associated...
Read More
Urban Ideas- A New Sydney Style
With the increasing globalisation of world cities comes a need to ensure...
Read More
10 Key issues for Metropolitan Strategy for Sydney
Read Publication
Read More
Urban Ideas- Who lives in apartments
Sydney is clearly swinging towards cosmopolitan apartment living with 35%...
Read More
Urban Ideas- Sydney Apartments Density and Price
The Urban Taskforce asked PhD candidate Michael (Man Kin) Lam to undertake...
Read More
Urban Ideas- Density & Infrastructure
Sydney will need to double the number of existing dwellings over the next...
Read More
Urban Ideas- Faster Approvals for Mid- Rise Apartments
Sydney is going through an apartment boom with housing approvals running...
Read More
Urban Ideas- Towers and Transport
Sydney’s population will increase by 1.6 million people over the next 20...
Read More
Urban Ideas- Sydney 2050
The symbol of a global city has become the high rise tower. Hong Kong has...
Read More
Urban Ideas- Ecodencity
Sydney more than most cities in the world has a rich cosmopolitan mix of...
Read More
Urban Ideas- Reforming Sydney’s Councils- 20 Essential Actions
The relationship between the State Government roles and Local Government...
Read More
Making NSW No 1 in Planning and Building
Since around 2003, NSW has been dropping behind other states in terms of...
Read More
Urban Ideas- Apartment Living for Seniors
One of the biggest demographic groups driving this change is the increasing...
Read More
Urban Ideas- Vancouver's Ecodensity
Both cities are often in the top 10 world cities for liveability. Both...
Read More
Urban Ideas- Are these assets being utilised fully
The government owns significant land holdings for railways, health, education,...
Read More
Keeping the local in Local Government while improving efficiency
Now is the perfect time to propose new structures for Local Government...
Read More
Sydney's Liveability Crisis- Reforming Local Government
Unfortunately NSW is a long way from being number one in the areas of planning,...
Read More
100,000 new apartments and 100,000 new jobs can transform Parramatta Road into a Liveability Corridor
Most Sydneysiders see Parramatta Road as an eyesore with a hotpotch of...
Read More
Where will Sydney accommodate 500,000 new apartments in the next 25 years?
Sydney’s Metropolitan Plan has a target of 770,000 new housing units by...
Read More
There's No Place Like Home
Last year the Urban Taskforce published Going Nowhere, a major report on...
Read More
People Power
This report sets out the vital contribution that cities make to Australia’s...
Read More
Deny Everything
Why NSW urban development is going nowhere and what must be done to fix...
Read More
Liveable Centres
The growth of our cities and regions has been Australia’s economic engine...
Read More
Life's Essentials
The Taskforce has been alarmed at Hunter Water’s proposal to fund 60 per...
Read More
Choice Free Zone
In most cities around the world, planning controls or regulations of some...
Read More

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