This paper briefly discusses the concept of death and burial practice in Australia. It defines green burials and uses a case study to showcase a NSW green burial site currently in operation. The paper argues that planning authorities and planners face real challenges with land availability for cemeteries and social practice around this burial method.

This paper is based on the understanding that what planners measure, how it is measured and how measures are used to inform planning plays an integral part to contributing to healthy and safe environments for children.

The paper compares public transport performance in Melbourne and Sydney with that in four cities from German-speaking Europe. This is followed by a discussion of the political and institutional factors that have contributed to this variation. In the European examples, these factors range from broad scale issues like the re-structuring of large state monopolies such...

This paper examines the history of public housing policy in Australia and how this has changed since the establishment of the Commonwealth Housing Commission.

This paper reports on a study of a suburb in Canberra that has experienced significant redevelopment of houses in the last eight years. It finds that, despite the majority planners, architects, building designers and residents expressing a desire to achieve a more environmentally efficient outcome, very few houses achieved this ambition.