Despite a legacy of seemingly enlightened non-sectarian provision of sites and space for religious worship, current planning systems appear to create conditions in which many religious development proposals are problematic, conflict-ridden and politicised. Indeed, the planning system is a primary site for community conflicts that are often expressions of broader social anxieties and discord -...

Melbourne is a modern secular society with a high population of migrants, where a range of approaches exists in making urban public spaces. Yet, distinctive structures, design elements and dedicated areas representing the ethno-religious diversity that characterises the city are less common and even scarce in public spaces and across the landscape, especially for non-Christian...

This report, commissioned by the Victorian Multicultural Commission, examines the Bendigo mosque protests in 2016.

This research presents one part of a PhD dissertation that examined conceptions of risk in relation to children’s independent mobility (CIM). CIM is defined as the use of public space by individuals who are under 18 years and unaccompanied by adults. The study finds that policy transforms children into a homogenous ‘at-risk’ population.