This paper outlines preliminary research that explored 16 community strategic plans in the context of how they inform land use planning and concluded that there is much work to do.

This paper analyses the trends in planning governance concentrating on planning systems in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.

The focus of this paper is a comparison of the history of the governance of regional public land acquisition in Perth and Sydney, with the case for the selection of these two cities established by a contrast of the planning approaches used.

This paper examines the tension between urban policy and reform at all levels of Australian government, with reference to the alignment, or misalignment, of urban policy aspirations and reform to regulatory systems and processes.

An increased emphasis on consolidated city policies has heightened development pressure on existing urban areas. This has occurred alongside increased resident resistance to development. This paper examines in detail the determinations of decision makers in the development assessment process.