Newsletter – Page 76 – Urban Taskforce

Local Government Planning Report shows swing to Complying Development

The recently released Local Government Performance Monitoring Report for...

Development Industry working with pro-growth Western Sydney Councils

A forum with eight Western Sydney Councils and representatives of the major...

Major parties in NSW must agree to reduce the cost of housing by establishing a ‘One Stop Shop’ for Government planning referrals

In the lead up to the NSW election, the major parties must agree to reduce...

NSW Housing approvals moving upwards- A good time for development

The December 2014 housing approvals from the Australian Bureau of Statistics...

Online Construction Code the way of the future

The free online version of the National Construction Code is the way of...

Northern Territory with 625 dwelling commencements beats NSW with 12,470 according to CommSec

The CommSec financial report card that puts NSW and the Northern Territory...

Scaremongering on Apartment Defects Irresponsible

Claims by the Owners Corporation Network and the state opposition that...

Urban Ideas- Faster Approvals for Mid- Rise Apartments

Sydney is going through an apartment boom with housing approvals running...

Urban Ideas- Towers and Transport

Sydney’s population will increase by 1.6 million people over the next 20...

Urban Ideas- Sydney 2050

The symbol of a global city has become the high rise tower. Hong Kong has...

Urban Ideas- Ecodencity

Sydney more than most cities in the world has a rich cosmopolitan mix of...

Urban Ideas- Reforming Sydney’s Councils- 20 Essential Actions

The relationship between the State Government roles and Local Government...

Making NSW No 1 in Planning and Building

Since around 2003, NSW has been dropping behind other states in terms of...

Urban Ideas- Apartment Living for Seniors

One of the biggest demographic groups driving this change is the increasing...

Urban Ideas- Vancouver's Ecodensity

Both cities are often in the top 10 world cities for liveability. Both...

Urban Ideas- Are these assets being utilised fully

The government owns significant land holdings for railways, health, education,...

Keeping the local in Local Government while improving efficiency

Now is the perfect time to propose new structures for Local Government...

Sydney's Liveability Crisis- Reforming Local Government

Unfortunately NSW is a long way from being number one in the areas of planning,...

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...

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...

There's No Place Like Home

Last year the Urban Taskforce published Going Nowhere, a major report on...

People Power

This report sets out the vital contribution that cities make to Australia’s...

Deny Everything

Why NSW urban development is going nowhere and what must be done to fix...

Liveable Centres

The growth of our cities and regions has been Australia’s economic engine...

Life's Essentials

The Taskforce has been alarmed at Hunter Water’s proposal to fund 60 per...

Choice Free Zone

In most cities around the world, planning controls or regulations of some...