This paper investigates crime and the night-time economy (NTE) associated with an entertainment district in an Australian capital city. It discusses the concept of the ‘environmental backcloth’ (Brantingham and Brantinham, 1993) to this area as important contextual background to some of the contemporary crime problems.

This paper explores crime in Northbridge entertainment district in Perth, Western Australia and highlights how the legacy of governance can operate counter-intuitively, to foster crime precipitators, which can increase opportunities for crime.

This research describes a Perth inner city local government authority’s attempts to instigate a housing strategy with particular focus on the provision of affordable housing.

Income targeted home ownership assistance programs can play an important role in helping to restore social and economic equity in an environment where the gap between the 'haves' and 'have-nots' is steadily growing. This report by Shane Greive, Vasanthi Peter, John Ballard, Roz Walker, Cheryle Taylor and Jean Hillier aims to contribute to the development...

This report draws on the concept of locational disadvantage to evaluate three different housing assistance programs in relation to a whole of government response to major shifts in welfare provision, and with due consideration to current trends in social economic restructuring. The study compares the social and physical qualities of a locality as it relates...