Walter Burley Griffin’s Canberra and his Tramway. The Ideal City of the Future? (Part One of Three)
Dr Beatrice M. Bodart-Bailey Honorary Professor, ANU College of Asia & the Pacific Professor emerita, Otsuma Women’s University, Tokyo...
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Walter Burley Griffin’s Canberra and his Tramway. The Ideal City of the Future? (Part Two of Three)
Dr Beatrice M. Bodart-Bailey Honorary Professor, ANU College of Asia & the Pacific Professor emerita, Otsuma Women’s University, Tokyo 5....
Walter Burley Griffin’s Canberra and his Tramway. The Ideal City of the Future? (Part Three)
Dr Beatrice M. Bodart-Bailey Honorary Professor, ANU College of Asia & the Pacific Professor emerita, Otsuma Women’s University, Tokyo...
THE CRISIS OF SOCIAL HOUSING IN CANBERRA – AN OVERVIEW
Prepared by: Albert Oberdorf & Bruin Christensen Canberra, ACT, September 2022 Introduction In this paper we seek simply to show, using...
SOME NOTES ON THE HISTORY OF PLANNING IN THE ACT: THE CANBERRA PARADOX
This article builds on a talk given by Prof. Nick Brown (School of History, ANU) at a CPAG forum 21 April 2022, as refined by Dr Chris...
PLANNING AND CLIMATE CHANGE: TACKLING THE BIG ISSUES NOW
The Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) is Australia’s national body “representing planning and the planning profession”. In 2021 the...
THE ACT DRAFT PLANNING BILL – AN ABERRATION
Introduction The following analysis demonstrates why the draft ACT Planning Bill is so retrogressive that it needs to be withdrawn and...
CITIES' RELATIONSHIP WITH NATURE
Review of World Economic Forum Insight report ‘BiodiverCities by 2030: Transforming Cities’ Relationship with Nature [1] The destructive...
DRAFT PLANNING BILL—Limiting the Planning Authority's Power
The draft Bill released by the ACT Government in March 2022 provides for enormous power over decision making to be given to the Planning...
OUTCOMES-FOCUSSED PLANNING—The Spurious Foundations of ACT Planning Reform
CPAG Forum, April 21st, 2022 The proposed reform of ACT planning instruments is, says Chief Planner Ponting, a shift from a system based...
THE ACT DRAFT PLANNING BILL – Comments by Richard Johnston
CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS • Confidence, certainty and clarity - provide a ‘district strategy’ and draft territory plan for public...
Why raise London Circuit?
Abstract The current proposal to raise London Circuit in order to construct the City to Woden Light Rail connection via West Basin, in...
Accountability and confidence in government: a paper review
In December 2021 a community group of highly qualified people, coming together as The Accountability Round Table (ART), issued a paper...
The Significance of the Current ACT Government Planning Review
Canberra once again at the crossroads According to Mick Gentleman, Minister for so-called Urban Renewal, the ACT planning system is a...
Why does Canberra look like it does? (Part two)
The material for this article up until 1988 is mainly sourced from Paul Reid - Canberra following Griffin: a design history of...
The Gungahlin Town Centre - A Failed Planning System Case Study
Introduction It’s been an interesting year for Gungahlin: · On 10 February 2021 the ACT Assembly passed a motion moved by Suzanne...
Why does Canberra look like it does?
A history of planning in Canberra This is Part 1 of 2. All of the material in Part 1 is sourced from Paul Reid - Canberra following...
Government initiated Consultation re Planning in the ACT - A short discussion paper
On 29 June 2021 the ACT Minister for Planning Mick Gentleman issued a media release entitled “Fresh start for planning system”. In this...
Are ACT Community Councils being sidelined?
A short history of ACT Community Councils Prior to self-government the planning and development of the National Capital was managed by a...