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Open Space

What price of sunshine? Proposed mandatory height controls in Melbourne
Proposed planning measures to protect winter sunshine in Melbourne's public spaces could generate a benefit of between $50 million and $100 million per year.

Insights

Retail

Declining retail centres will hurt local communities, but we can limit the damage if we act fast
Retail centres contribute to residents' economic and social wellbeing, but declining suburban retail centres and high streets need government support to stay viable into the future.

Events

 

LIVE Q&A EVENT: Treaty, People, Place
The State of Victoria is working with Aboriginal Victorians as equal partners to develop a historic first treaty (or treaties), which has the potential to redefine the relationship between Aboriginal ...

Insights

Government, Housing

Fear mongering over property taxes helps nobody: developers and the community can both win when we share the windfalls
The new windfall gains tax has attracted special ire from the property lobby, but this fear mongering helps nobody. Both developers and the community can win.

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SGS scholarship supports student's passion for shaping adaptable and inclusive spaces
SGS scholarship supports University of Melbourne student Alison Fong's passion for shaping adaptable and inclusive spaces.

Insights

Government

Windfall tax backlash misunderstands property rights
The Victorian Government’s decision to introduce a 50 per cent tax on rezoning windfalls, announced in its 2021-22 Budget, made many peak industry bodies froth at the mouth. But criticism of the windf...

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Co-operative and Mutual Enterprises (CMEs) contribute billions to the Australian economy and play a vital and quantifiable role locally and internationally, shows new report
In 2019-20, co-operative and mutual enterprises (CMEs) contributed a whopping $90 billion towards Australian incomes, $20 billion towards Australia’s GDP and 180,000 full-time equivalent jobs reveals ...

Media

 

Regional data exposes east-west jobs divide
A mismatch between skill sets and the availability of labour in different parts of the state is causing unemployment to hit double figures in some South Australian regions while others cannot find eno...
Adelaide In Daily

Events

 

LGiU Australia Live Q&A Event I Beyond the council plan: creating impact with a corporate plan I 3 June 2021
What does good corporate planning look like? How can you go beyond the council plan and have more impact? Join LGiU Australia on Thursday 3 June and hear expert panellists Zoe Pappas, Ricky Tozer and ...

Insights

Employment

Employment precincts have a greater economic value than you probably think, and they will play an essential role in Australia’s post-COVID economy
As Australia's economy starts to recover from a COVID-19 recession, voices calling to cut red tape and increase flexibility in employment zones are getting louder. Two recurrent myths often espoused t...

Insights

Housing

The affordable housing beacon we sailed past
Australia has an excellent example of an inclusionary zoning scheme that delivered affordable housing for 25 years, but we've missed opportunities to replicate it.