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Facing tough questions: NSW's planning review must grapple with competing visions of development. Flickr/Askew One

Under review: rival visions for people and communities

By Peter Sainsbury, University of Sydney

Later this year Brad Hazzard, NSW Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, faces a difficult decision. Will he prepare new state planning legislation that prioritises a desired outcome: healthy, functional…
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Are ordinary homeowners perpetuating Australia's property bubble? AAP

The property bubble makes us slaves to each other’s debt

By Philip Soos, Deakin University

While my recent commentary (here and here) demonstrates Australian housing is in a bubble, I have not explained where this situation has come from. Asset markets, in this case, property, are the subject…
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Building away from our cities could ease congestion in urban areas AAP

Escape from Sydney: planning the way out of congestion

By Nicole Gurran, University of Sydney

Bashing planning has become a national sport, and in NSW, we’re the best at it. Stuck in traffic? Blame the planners. Housing stress? Planners are too slow and too stingy with land release. In the perception…

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