Summary: This statistical indicators publication sets out labour force trends for the 15 regions of Greater Sydney for the period May 2000 to May 2014. It is a companion paper to the Research Service publications, Labour force trends in Regional NSW and NSW regional labour force trends by labour force indicator. The ABS releases labour...

This report outlines an evaluation of 'Services Our Way', a NSW Government service model designed to build the capacity of Aboriginal people to have greater access to mainstream and disability services and encourage self-directed support.

This briefing paper analyses, at a theoretical level, the potential economic benefits of secondary airport competition in the Sydney context. Introduction On the 3rd April 2014, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) published their latest airport monitoring report which found that Sydney Airport had again performed the worst across a number of areas in...

The 1970s was a time of significant urban activism in Sydney. Most famously, Jack Mundey coined the term “green ban” to describe a movement bringing together property owners, public tenants, workers and ‘ordinary’ citizens to demand a say in planning. There is a well-worn historical narrative that provides us with the concrete achievements of the...

The focus of this paper is a comparison of the history of the governance and funding of regional public land acquisition in Perth and Sydney, with the case for the selection of these two cities established by a contrast of the methods used. Specifically the paper aims to review the governance approaches and planning and...