In this paper, the current policy of planning for self-sufficiency in the Perth metropolitan area is evaluated against an enhanced understanding of the wider literature on the motives, measures, achievements and complexities inherent in the notion of balanced growth.

The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the importance of incorporating urban climate understanding and knowledge into urban planning processes in order to develop cities that are more sustainable.

The Australian Government has asked the Productivity Commission (the Commission) to undertake a broad-ranging inquiry into public infrastructure, comprising two broad streams of work: the provision, funding, and financing of major public infrastructure the scope for reducing the costs associated with such infrastructure. As spelt out in more detail in the terms of reference, the...

Roads are by far local government’s biggest asset. Local roads comprise more than 80% by length of Australia’s total road network, on which more than 25% of the transport task is undertaken, and have an estimated value of about $145bn. Its vital local government maintain and, where proper, upgrade the local road system to the...

This report continues a series of longitudinal studies involving the tracking of a workforce of Australian heavy vehicle drivers involved in accidents, since 1998. The research focuses on primary data reviewing major heavy truck crases with an aggregate cost greater than (>) $50,000. This report investigates major losses in 2011 and follows quantitative studies completed...