Greater Western Sydney
Report
Advancing LGBTQ+ safety and inclusion
ACON,
This report details the findings of an 18-month long scoping study, informed by local advisory group established by ACON, into a range of LGBTQ+ needs and experiences in Greater Western Sydney.
Report
Cooling common spaces in densifying urban environments
This research takes up the challenge of promoting a new approach to thinking about urban liveability in warming cities, with two principles at its core. First, asking how open space can be planned for ‘coolth’ defined as the experience of feeling manageably comfortable in a hot city; and second, how coolth can be connected with...
Report
Where are the jobs? Part 1: Western Sydney’s short-lived jobs boom
This report analyses key shifts in the Western Sydney labour market in the context of rapid population growth. It positions Western Sydney’s labour force growth and change against 21st century shifts in the region’s economic structure.
Report
Where are the jobs? Part 2: The geography of Western Sydney’s jobs deficit
This second of three reports analysing jobs availability in Western Sydney examines the geographical outcomes of high rates of workforce growth and the decline of manufacturing.
Report
Where are the jobs? Part 3: Western Sydney workers in 2036
This report examines what will happen in the Great Western Sydney region over the next twenty years.