Policy History

Containing many reports that were released before the internet age, this collection provides background information on major issues which have often been reviewed and discussed in the past, but for which the key documents have been either unavailable or hard to locate. An APO and National Library of Australia partnership.

Policy History

Strategy

The 30-year plan for greater Adelaide
A volume of the South Australian Planning Strategy
15 Jun 2010
Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (SA)
Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (SA)

The 30-year plan for Greater Adelaide was aimed at guiding population and economic growth, particularly in respect of land use, transport and infrastructure. It was revised in 2017.

Report

Background technical document - the plan for greater Adelaide
15 Jun 2009
Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (SA)
Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (SA)

This report summarises the technical analysis undertaken in preparation for the first Plan for Greater Adelaide (2010). It addresses a range of urban issues, including housing, transport, economic development and climate change.

Strategy

The Canberra plan: towards our second century
15 Jul 2008
Treasury and Economic Development Directorate (ACT)
Treasury and Economic Development Directorate (ACT)

The Canberra Plan: Towards Our Second Century (2008) built on the original Canberra Plan (2004) and included new issues including climate change, water security, housing affordability and skills shortages.

Strategy

Planning strategy for metropolitan Adelaide (August 2006)
15 Aug 2006
Government of South Australia
Government of South Australia

The Planning Strategy for Metropolitan Adelaide (current from 2006 to 2010) provided direction for the land use and development activities of Councils, Government agencies and the private sector.

Strategy

The Canberra Plan
includes the Canberra spatial plan, Building our community: the Canberra social plan and The economic white paper for the Australian Capital Territory
14 Mar 2004
Government of the Australian Capital Territory
Government of the Australian Capital Territory

The Canberra Plan (2004) included an Economic White Paper, The Canberra Social Plan and The Canberra Spatial Plan.

Journal

Sustaining regions (Summer 2004)
31 Jan 2004
Andrew Beer, Fiona Haslam McKenzie, Claire Conroy, David Bartie, Ifor Ffowcs-Williams, Derek de Vrieze, Jenny Diggie, Robert Brooks, Mark Stewart, Kristine Peters

This issue of Sustaining Regions reflects the diverse pathways and challenges confronting regions: from tourism to cluster development.

Journal

Sustaining regions (Winter 2003)
15 Aug 2003
Andrew Beer, Jenny Bellamy, Tony Meppem, Russell Gorddard, Steve Dawson, Marcus Spiller, Sasha Lennon, Ian Manning, William O'Neil

This issue examines the role of local government in regional development.

Strategy

Planning strategy for metropolitan Adelaide (Jan 2003)
15 Jan 2003
Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (SA)
Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (SA)

This revised Planning Strategy for metropolitan Adelaide (in place from 2003 to 2006) addressed changes in the urban growth boundary, industrial land strategy and integrated transport and land use planning.

Working paper

A 'most pressing problem': housing and the National Capital Development Commission
URP Working Paper No. 66
15 Dec 1999
Christine Cannon
Urban Research Program (Research School of Social Sciences, ANU)

This paper examines the complex web of issues surrounding Canberra’s housing in the late 1950s.

Working paper

Backrooms, wards and backlanes: the landscape of disability in nineteenth-century Melbourne
URP Working Paper No. 64
15 Dec 1998
Brendan Gleeson
Urban Research Program (Research School of Social Sciences, ANU)

This paper has two specific objectives (i) to ‘locate'disabled people in nineteenth-century Melbourne by showing where and how they lived; and (ii) to illustrate the socio-spatial relations that shaped their lives.

Working paper

Housing and infrastructure for Indigenous Australians
URP Working Paper No. 65
15 Dec 1998
Max Neutze
Urban Research Program (Research School of Social Sciences, ANU)

This paper concentrates housing and infrastructure for Indigenous Australians during the period since the 1960s and on the northern parts of Australia.

Working paper

The (im)possibility of sustainable lifestyles: can we trust public opinion and plan for reduced consumption?
Working Paper No. 63
15 Aug 1998
Christer Sanne
Urban Research Program (Research School of Social Sciences, ANU)

This paper suggests that political infeasibility to change lifestyle and reduce consumption may not be due to failing public response as much as to structural factors in society.

Working paper

To market, to market!: the changing role of the Australian timber merchant, 1945-1965
URP Working Paper No. 62
15 Apr 1998
Richard Harris
Urban Research Program (Research School of Social Sciences, ANU)

Australian timber merchants have long played a vital role in providing building materials, credit, and product information to builders.

Strategy

Planning strategy - metropolitan Adelaide (1998)
15 Jan 1998
Department of Premier and Cabinet (SA)
Department of Premier and Cabinet (SA)

The Planning Strategy presented State Government policy for development from 1998 to the early 2000s.

Working paper

A history of Australian capital city centres since 1945
URP Working Paper No. 61
15 Oct 1997
Susan Marsden
Urban Research Program (Research School of Social Sciences, ANU)

Which historical changes are imprinted in the contemporary Australian city centre? This working paper places the development of Australia's capital city centres in historical context and describes major historical themes of city centres since World War II.

Working paper

Globalisation and cities: an Australian political-economic perspective
URP Working Paper No. 59
15 Jan 1997
Frank Stilwell
Urban Research Program (Research School of Social Sciences, ANU)

This paper discusses the forces generating social-spatial change in Australian metropolitan areas.

Working paper

Do public choice and public transport mix? An Australian-Canadian comparison
URP Working Paper No. 58
15 Oct 1996
Paul Mees
Urban Research Program (Research School of Social Sciences, ANU)

This paper explores the causes of, and evaluates possible remedies for, the decline of public transport in Melbourne.

Working paper

Exploring the line of descent in the intergenerational transmission of domestic property
15 Sep 1996
Patrick Mullins
Urban Research Program (Research School of Social Sciences, ANU)

Brisbane data showed that domestic property went roughly equally to the next generations of men and women, suggesting the presence of a bilateral system of descent.

Working paper

No more imperial cities: on futurology in social science
Working Paper No. 57
15 Sep 1996
Brendan Gleeson
Urban Research Program (Research School of Social Sciences, ANU)

This paper considers the dangers for social science when the predictive urge extends to prophesy - using case studies of Los Angeles and New Zealand.

Working paper

The activation of environmental norms: an illustrated model
URP Working Paper No. 56
15 Aug 1996
Russell Blamey
Urban Research Program (Research School of Social Sciences, ANU)

The paper considers how the Schwartz model of helping behaviour can be extended to encompass situations where individuals have the opportunity to cooperate with others, and contribute to the provision of public environmental goods.