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Sydney is using far more water than experts predicted. Why do Sydney residents use so much more water than people in Melbourne?
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Why is there such a gulf between what the centres of Australian cities look like, including their public spaces, and community expectations?
It was framed as “the climate election”, yet Australia returned a government with climate policies that make the task of building a zero-emissions, safe climate Australia even harder.
Tourism today has a problem and needs an entire rethink. Experts are debating overtourism, peak tourism and tourismphobia.
The Greater Sydney Commission has proposed a 40-year vision of a metropolitan region formed of three “cities”: the Eastern “Harbour” City, the Central “River” City, and the Western “Parkland” City.
Melbourne is also fast becoming an economically and socially polarised city. Cheaper housing may attract people to outer suburban living, but it comes at a price.
Cars dominate Australian cities, supported by decades of unbalanced planning decisions favouring space for cars over other land uses or forms of transport.
The Coalition’s First Home Loan Deposit Scheme is the latest plan that is supposed to arrest the decline in home ownership among younger Australians.
Cutting carbon emissions involves deciding no more coal, gas or oil-based systems will be built as replacements for ageing infrastructure systems in our cities. We can do this now that new energy systems are emerging as cost-competitive.
Both major parties are promising to spend big on transport infrastructure: A$42 billion for the Coalition and A$49 billion for Labor. However, many of the favoured projects are unlikely to be completed for years or even decades to come.
The new First Home Loan Deposit Scheme announced the Coalition, and instantly backed by Labor, is likely to be popular among those on the cusp of buying their first home.
Planning for new development in Australia does very little to adequately support public transport, walking and cycling. Investment is geared towards roads at the expense of more sustainable forms of transport.
