Exploring attitudes and responses to the imposition of water restrictions on external water uses in different kinds of dwellings in different parts of Sydney, this paper examines evidence from a stratified random survey of 2179 households in Sydney in a period when restrictions on domestic water use outside the home had just been imposed.

Exploring the biography of the Sydney Hilton (opened in 1974 and recently refurbished), this paper suggests that hotels play a very important part in the urban economies of central business districts.

Despite a strong reliance on the market to deliver housing and renewal outcomes, Australia has been somewhat sluggish in getting metropolitan planners, LGAs and stakeholders working collaboratively to better understand housing markets and their policy implications.

This paper argues that research on segregation has had an over-reliance on statistical measures of outcomes, which limits our understanding of segregation processes and impacts.

Questioning the conservation of the City of Sydney’s past is the focus of the paper, with reference to the protection of The Rocks historic area.