Is it sound or noise? The answer sometimes depends on your perceptions but noise is now widely regarded as a health issue, not merely an annoyance.

Here’s a solution to the controversial decision to move the Powerhouse Museum to Parramatta that means Sydneysiders can have their cake and eat it too.

Michael Mobbs offers a novel solution to climate change – keeping water where it falls.

OXYGEN FILES: Seven million people will be living in Melbourne by 2050 – but housing them won’t be the only problem. How to feed them is increasingly a concern for a number of organisations, including state and local government.

As one of Australia’s fastest growing cities, Brisbane has faced more than its fair share of growing pains. South Brisbane’s population is expected to treble by 2031, while Greater Brisbane’s…

In Tuesday’s federal budget, the Coalition government announced its Commuter Car Park Fund, a A$500 million, ten-year package intended to make it easier for people in the suburbs and regions to drive to their local railway station.

Australian cities are not the only ones struggling to maintain a good quality of life for their residents as populations grow. WSP’s global director of property and buildings Tom Smith…

OPINION: The recent debate on the Greater Sydney Commission’s policy on the management of Sydney’s industrially-zoned lands is welcome as it means this issue is finally getting the attention it deserves.

OPINION: The NSW government’s recent announcement that Roads and Maritime Services – until now the state’s standalone roads agency – will be integrated into Transport for NSW could not have come at a more opportune time. 

We need to shake up the way we think about cities and create a new paradigm for town planning says urban planner Steven Liaros, and our broken food systems are a good place to start.

OPINION: High-density living gets a bad rap in Australia – largely because we’ve not been particularly good at it.

OPINION: The debate about industrial and urban services land continues with the head of property development industry organisation Urban Taskforce Chris Johnson challenging the Greater Sydney Commission “troika” and arguing for a “new Sydney” that embraces mixed-used precincts.

For decades, Australians have dreamt about high speed rail along our east coast. It would be nation building at its best: big, bold and transformative.

OPINION: The state election last weekend returned the Liberal/National government in NSW, so we can expect little change in the way planning and development is done. A close outcome may…

Between 2017 and 2018, Queensland reported a 37 per cent increase in the amount of waste shipped in from interstate. This brought its annual reported waste to 10.9 million tonnes, a level it’s now looking to reduce with a new waste management and resource recovery strategy.