Sydney
Report
Uncovering the digital divide in the Western Parkland City
This report delivers findings from targeted research through a localised Australian Digital Inclusion Index (ADII) survey to measure digital inclusion across Western Parkland City and benchmark the digital divide between Western Parkland City and the rest of Greater Sydney.
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Chronically unaffordable housing: a global review of the biggest threat to Sydney’s competitiveness
This paper puts Sydney’s housing challenge in an economic context by scanning current international evidence and case studies from other global cities experiencing the same challenge.
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Pathways to home ownership in an age of uncertainty
This research investigates how young households (aged 25–34) in Sydney and Perth are adapting their spending and saving behaviours and living arrangements in order to be able to buy a home.
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Where should we build new housing? Better targets for local councils
As a case study, this paper discusses the Sydney housing market, the location of much of Australia’s most expensive housing. It argues that appropriately designed housing targets would involve a large increase in apartment construction in the affluent inner and eastern suburbs, where the housing shortage is most severe.
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The fiscal, economic, and public health dangers of water privatisation
Internationally, privately-owned water systems have resulted in higher bills, largely because of rising interest costs, debt and dividend payouts. This report, commissioned by the Australian Services Union NSW & ACT, analyses the fiscal, economic and public health effects of privatising Sydney Water.