Category: Urban Taskforce | Policy Agenda

NSW building construction leading Australia

26 November 2014 For the first time since 2007 NSW is ahead of Victoria and other states in the...

Property Person of the Year 2012 | Mr Ross McDiven

Date: Wednesday, 5 December, 2012Venue : Doltone House, Darling Island Wharf Winner: Mr Ross McDiven...

Apartments propping up NSW dwelling approvals

10 January 2013 The November building approvals indicate that NSW is being propped up by the apartment...

Newcastle can now connect to the harbour

14 December 2012 The NSW government proposal that the heavy rail will be removed east of Wickham will...

While the Darling Harbour renewal is great for Sydney, we need to look at the cost of PPP's

17 December 2012 While there has been a positive response to the winning proposal for the Private Public...

City council has narrow approach to job generation

17 December 2012 The City of Sydney’s recently released study of Employment Lands in South Sydney...

Darling Harbour comes alive

11 December 2012 The dramatic and extensive reworking of Sydneys exhibition and convention facilities...

Rail corridor development essential to house Sydney's growing population

29 November 2012 The recent report by the NSW Parliament on the utilisation of rail corridors makes good...

Making Local Government more efficient through regional collaboration

23 November 2012 The report by the independent local government review panel correctly calls for improvements...

NSW Construction expenditure improving

29 November 2012 The latest ABS figures for building construction expenditure indicate a positive improvement...

Award Winners 2012

Award Winners 2012 Date : Thursday 26 July 2012Venue : Doltone House Jones Bay Wharf Special thanks...

Liveable Centres

Regulations shape reality: form first Liveable Centres finds that the residential development of our...

Life's Essentials

Water and new homes in the Hunter Life’s Essentials examined Hunter Waters proposal to slug...

Theres no place like home

How to overcome the failure of the Lower Hunter Regional Strategy Land use planning failures are risking...

Choice Free Zone

Competition and innovation on this site is discouraged under the Environmental Planning and Assessment...

Deny Everything

Why NSW urban development is going nowhere and what must be done to fix it. Deny Everything is a qualitative...

Going Nowhere

How the planning system and development levies are ruining NSW Going Nowhere is a quantitative study. ...

Code changes good for the NSW economy

22 October 2012 The Minister for Planning and Infrastructures recent announcement about streamlined planning...

Coles Port Macquarie Supermarket Wins National Award

27th July 2012 The 2012 Urban Taskforce Australia Development Excellence Award for Retail Development...

Urban Taskforce supports NSW Budget focus on revitalising the Housing and Construction Sector

12 June 2012 The NSW Budget focus on proposals to revitalise the housing and construction sector is welcomed...

COAG fiddles with city planning while housing approvals collapse

2 April 2012 Housing approvals in NSW for February have collapsed by 41% and non-residential approvals...

Urban Taskforce supports Treasury Submission to Planning Review

12 April 2012 The NSW Treasury submission to the planning review demonstrates how important planning...

People Power - Securing the future of our cities.

29 March 2011 The Federal Government has indicated that its forthcoming “Sustainable Population...

Property Person of the Year 2011

Date: Thursday, 1 December, 2011 Venue: Dolton House Winner: Mr Garry Rothwell, Founder and...

Housing Supply Going Backwards in NSW

21 December 2011 The release of the annual figures by the National Housing Supply Council today shows...

State significant development (SSD) call-in Guidelines released

16 December 2011 State Environmental Planning Policy (State and Regional Development) 2011...

New six star standard for homes a mystery

30 April 2009 The specific requirements of the new six star green residential rating scheme are a mystery,...

Development can save heritage properties

28 April 2009 Redevelopment of heritage properties is an important way of financing restoration works,...

Heritage listings without compensation weakens the economy

29 April 2009 Todays decision to place the entire Currawong site on the State Heritage Register without...

Part 3A

13 October 2010 On 20 September we reported that the NSW Department of Planning was consulting on a new draft...

Political donations in NSW

13 October 2010 Property developers who make political donations or pay to be present at political party...

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