This research examines housing trends and the processes of delivering affordable housing supply in rural and regional Australia. A clear research finding is the need for government action to ‘unfreeze’ rural and regional housing markets, making substantial investments and interventions in regional housing markets and developing stronger supply chains for rural and regional housing.

Understanding the patterns and impacts of population migrations within Australia is key for governments and providers of housing, infrastructure and services to be able to plan where they will prioritise resources. This research critically assesses the population projection methods available to Australian decision-makers and planners. A significant finding is that because different users need different...

The Growing Regions Program is one of the largest competitive grant programs administered by the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts. The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the design and planning of the program.

This report looks at the population, jobs and industry trends for 12 of Australia’s rapidly expanding cities. It provides analysis of the economic upsurge seen in the cities – the ways in which they are attracting people from the major capitals of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane – as well as capturing the growth of local...

This policy paper presents the results of a survey jointly conducted by the OECD, the Sustainable Development Solutions Network and the European Committee of the Regions, on how to localise the SDGs in a changing international landscape marked by disasters and shocks. The paper also presents possible strategies to further leverage the SDGs to design...