About 1,000 people today rallied to save the Sirius building in The Rocks – and I wasn’t one of them.…
How the youth of today could force up our retirement age
“New breed of bludger” cried the front page headline in today’s Sydney Daily Telegraph, alongside a photo of two young…
Do Sydneysiders act like noisy galahs?
A recent holiday to Japan had me thinking about Australian birds. Big, noisy birds such as cockatoos, kookaburras and crows.…
Why is Sydney enjoying the high life?
There was a time when high-rise buildings were the natural enemy of community activists. They were practically seen as the…
The taxi trick that makes cities “appy”
If Sydney is going to become a more sustainable city that reduces its reliance on the private motor car, then…
When big capital meets people power- the 21st century experience
By Kathy Jones, KJA Company Principal There is a form of regulation at play on big capital which has nothing…
Should we create a ‘Capital City Super Region’?
Sydney and Canberra are the Jekyll and Hyde of city planning. Canberra is an idyllic, orderly public service city where…
Western Sydney is ready for growth: mayors
Western Sydney’s councils are embracing growth. That was the clear message from a lunch held by the Urban Development Institute…
Does rugby league help us plan Sydney?
THE sight of more than 16,000 fans crammed into a soggy and bedraggled Leichhardt Oval in early April confirmed that Sydney…
Pop-up shops: are they the solution or problem?
Soon after it first opened in 2000, the Italian Forum development was a thriving part of Leichhardt which featured an…
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