This paper will begin to construct an argument for a more inclusive, adaptive and interdisciplinary planning process that realigns contemporary planning theory with practice.

Using data from VCAT’s registry from July 2012 to June 2014, this paper examines the role of direct costs in influencing planning participation by both planning applicants and objectors across the Melbourne metropolitan area.

Australian cities have a history of state-supported major sporting stadiums. This has intensified into the neo-liberal era dating from the 1980s with state funding of major stadium development, despite the greatly increased professionalization of the various sporting codes using the stadiums and the presumable scope for funding of stadium infrastructure by these codes. The last...

This paper examines the history of the ‘100 years of inaction’ in Soloman Heights urban planning. With particular attention to the efforts by the current responsible Local Government Authority to broker a satisfactory outcome for all stakeholders.

Using textual analysis techniques, this paper unpacks the planning concept of the mixed-use neighbourhood, as used in Sydney’s planning strategies.