Reforms of planning processes in Australia have been prefaced by assertions about what 'the public' wants from a planning system. In this paper, claims about public opinion, collected from media releases, forums, discussion papers, ministerial documents and legislation are analysed.

To what extent do local planning frameworks promote sustainable growth and change in Australian cities and regions? This paper begins to address this question with reference to the results of an online survey of more than 100 NSW local environmental plans, undertaken between August 2007-2008.

The project seeks to determine the factors influencing the take up of reverse mortgage products and services within the context of overall demand. This research project focuses on provision of a comprehensive appraisal of reverse mortgages as they pertain to ‘ageing in place’ and community care decision-making.

This study investigates the policy environment and accomplishments of emerging not-for-profit housing developers in Australia. The core purpose is to understand the current operating environment of these agencies and to identify directions for policy that could enable these or similar organisations to make larger scale contributions to the provision of affordable housing in Australia.

This positioning paper is the first output of a study that aims to critically review a range of approaches to conceptualising need in housing and social policy fields in Australia and internationally. The study seeks to provide an analysis of how housing needs in Australian housing might be reconceptualised in light of that review, and...