INFRASTRUCTURE Australia, the nation's independent infrastructure advisor, last week announced it has updated its Infrastructure Priority List following the positive assessment of four business cases.
AUSTRALIA is becoming an increasingly unhealthy society, with almost two in three Australian adults now overweight or obese, and almost one in five experiencing some form of mental illness every year, according to the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA).
THE release of Transurban's road user study at Infrastructure Partnerships Australia's annual Partnerships symposium confirms the need for a detailed national process to fix transport, according to the peak body for the nation's infrastructure sector.
FOLLOWING a revised decrease of 5.2 per cent in May, the total number of new dwellings decreased in June decreased by 2.9 per cent, in seasonally adjusted terms, according to the latest figures released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
FOLLOWING a revised increase of 3.3 per cent in April, the total number of new dwellings decreased in May decreased by 5.2 per cent, in seasonally adjusted terms, according to the latest figures released last week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
THE Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) last month released the 2016-17 State of the Regions report, which finds a widening gap in employment rates, household incomes and productivity between and within Australia's regions and cities.
THE Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) has released its Federal Election Platform 2016, arguing that the Federal Government has an important role to play in supporting good planning at a national level and ensuring that Australia's resources are utilised appropriately and our tax dollars well spent.
FOLLOWING a revised increase of 2.9 per cent in March, the total number of new dwellings approved in April increased by 3.0 per cent, in seasonally adjusted terms, according to the latest figures released last week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
THE Council of Capital City Lord Mayors (CCCLM) last week released its third report in a series measuring the performance of the Australian Night Time Economy (NTE).
FOLLOWING a revised increase of 2.9 per cent in February, the total number of new dwellings approved in March increased by 3.7 per cent, in seasonally adjusted terms, according to the latest figures released last week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull last week released the Smart Cities Plan, which aims to deliver jobs closer to homes, more affordable housing, better transport connections and healthy environments.
FOLLOWING a revised decrease of 6.6 per cent in January, the total number of new dwellings approved in February increased by 3.1 per cent, in seasonally adjusted terms, according to the latest figures released last week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
AUSTRALIAN governments have spent unprecedented sums on transport infrastructure in the past decade, and while important projects have been built, the overall investment has been poorly directed, according to a new Grattan Institute report.
