The built environment, especially our largest cities, faces substantial change in the next twenty years if it is to meet the increasing demands for carbon neutrality, reduced water consumption and more efficient resource consumption. The industries that design, build, retrofit, manage and maintain the built environment face equally significant changes in organisation, working practices and...

This report presents insight into the complexity and multiplicity of place based experiences of social exclusion. The findings are that social exclusion is an inherently context specific entity. Six dimensions of exclusion are defined: neighbourhood; social and civic engagement; access; crime and security; community identity; and economic characteristics.

The proposals in the Sydney Metro Strategy for 420,000 new higher density brownfield dwellings represent the most significant planned re-structuring Sydney will have faced in 100 years. Its impact will be long lasting and substantial – and the solution to Sydney’s environmental sustainability will largely lie with the urban renewal of its older areas. This...

This paper argues that in advocating for constitutional reform, we need to emphasise the connection between dealing with disadvantage - an urgent and immediate priority - and the ‘big picture’ in terms of addressing unfinished business between Indigenous peoples and the state.

What is the role of men in addressing men’s violence against women? In recent years, there have been numerous articles, discussion papers, books, conferences and government policy statements advocating the greater involvement of men in working against men’s violence and towards gender equality. The involvement of men in violence against women prevention movements has become...