This paper investigates the effectiveness of the application of the concept of community policing across three separate geographic locations, which have different social settings.

This paper examines how government strategies to deliver social housing in difficult economic climates impacted upon democratic planning in Australian Cities.

This paper analyses the mechanisms that encourage car use in Australia. With the help of a survey, it also looks closer into the gap between the intension and the real actions of the environmentally conscious public organisations and individuals when it comes to car use.

Reforms of planning processes in Australia have been prefaced by assertions about what 'the public' wants from a planning system. In this paper, claims about public opinion, collected from media releases, forums, discussion papers, ministerial documents and legislation are analysed.

This paper assesses the situation in Australia with regard to the adoption of computer / ICT in public planning. It will explore the way technology, such as ‘ePlanning’, is being incorporated by looking at the nature of the techniques promoted/adopted.