This briefing paper, by Stewart Smith, discusses contemporary regional policy in relation to urban regions around the Greater Sydney Metropolitan Area.

Overview and context of the project which seeks to develop clear methodologies for a sustainability assessment, relevant to affordable housing and urban development. This will enable a cross-sectional 'triple-bottom line' assessment of the two different land planning and development types, including the surveying of relative economic, social and environmental performances and relationships.

The ABF had its suspicions that different approaches to infrastructure could lead to greater economic benefits for three of Australia's most well-established industrial regions. This report is the end result of a two-year action research project involving key infrastructure experts and stakeholders. The project takes a wider angle on infrastructure and identifies a small number...

Papua New Guinea is showing every sign of economic paralysis, governmental collapse and social despair, despite the best efforts of past AusAID strategies respecting PNG's sovereign leadership. Australia cannot afford to ignore the shared history and future of our closest neighbour, and needs to reassess its approach to helping PNG, and how this will affect...

This study is a summary and commentary on what is known about the determinants of both the level and trend in economic inequality over the past two decades, and relates these findings to the progress of globalization in these nations. While the fruits of economic progress in rich nations have not been equally spread, the...