Infrastructure Australia has scheduled the preparation of a value capture policy paper and has commissioned SGS Economics and Planning to provide a technical advice paper to inform the policy work. IA’s brief requested a technical paper that will: - Define the value capture mechanisms relevant to transport or other relevant projects; - Provide detailed analysis...

Australian cities are orphans. Responsibilities for management of their economy (in terms of taxation, planning, infrastructure provision, regulation and economic development) fall between all tiers of government. Official statistics tend not to recognise the importance of cities, with economic data often not published at that level, or when published given secondary importance. This is despite...

The aim of this report, and its accompanying interactive maps and data files, is to highlight the locations at the greatest risk of natural perils and demonstrate how this risk intersects with economic activity and the communities’ capacity to respond to disasters.

This report highlights that Sydney and Melbourne are driving the national economy. Summary Australian cities are orphans. Responsibilities for their economic management falls between all tiers of government. Official statistics do not publish economic data at city level, and when published, are given a secondary importance. This is despite the fact that even during the...

The quality of people’s lives - their incomes, their work-life balance, their health, the environment in which they live, and their access to opportunities, can be broadly categorised into economic, social and environmental dimensions. Of course these aspects are intertwined and are not separate silos. There are broad trends and influences which shape the economic...