Smart Cities is a planning movement that uses information technology to develop cities of ‘intelligent’ sense and response. This paper looks at two of the highest profile Smart City initiatives under this new model; explores the spatial strategies being employed, and explores possible futures for Australian application.

The danger in not explaining, quantifying and reporting uncertainty is that the public loses trust in data-driven policymaking.

Last week’s Grattan report, Why it’s time for congestion charging, argued that congestion charging is the most effective way to make Australia’s capital cities work better. This new report lays out a detailed, feasible, and fair congestion-charging scheme for Australia’s two biggest cities.

The NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment has released this draft strategy document and is calling for community feedback on early plans to create a globally-competitive hub at Central Sydney to support the jobs of the future.

At the time of their introduction, the 2014 'lock-out laws' were an appropriate circuit breaker and were successful in reducing alcohol-related violence in the Sydney CBD and Kings Cross. This report by the Joint Select Committee on Sydney's Night Time Economy contains the committee's comments and recommendations in relation to their inquiry.