(2014) Transport for Sydney
Sydney’s transport congestion is notorious. Whether it be a clogged M5, crowded trains, poor to non-existent public transport in most of western Sydney, and hopelessly congested traffic at airports, we’ve got it wrong.
(2014) A Report Card on the NSW Planning System
Let’s imagine the planning system marked like a typical NSW government school report card for Simon Simpleton – an underachieving Year 6 student at Basket Case Public School.
(2014) Councils Should Earn the Right to Survive
Council amalgamation is off the agenda in NSW. A core promise before the 2011 election by Premier O’Farrell that there would be no forced amalgamations.
(2014) Why is Sydney Housing Unaffordable?
According to the public policy focused McKell Institute, twenty years ago it took three times the median salary to buy a house in Sydney. Now it takes nine times, a higher ratio than in London or New York at the peak of the market.
(2014) Paul Katz – A Towering Legacy
Paul Katz (1957-2014), who suddenly died on November 20 following a brief battle with cancer, was one of the world’s great architects. In his 57 years Katz moved from his native South Africa and studies in Israel and the United States to become the global leader of architects Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF), overseeing some of the most exciting and innovative designs of any firm anywhere, realising many of the world’s tallest buildings and most significant urban renewal projects.
(2013) Dwelling on the Traditional – Port Moresby
Port Moresby’s population is still small, although it is growing rapidly. Within 50 years, it is easy to imagine a city of significant size, up from the present 250,000 to one million, or even several millions.
(2011) Real Estate’s Rolling Stone
This clearly written memoir deserves recommending to anyone in property markets. Ideas about lessons learnt and doing well are compellingly told.
(2008) SMH Botched its Reporting on Sydney’s Western FastRail
Saturday’s Sydney Morning Herald article on Western FastRail (WFR) by Linton Besser is inaccurate, dishonest, and poor journalism. And it ignores a key point: the WFR consortium proposes that any high-speed link to western Sydney be competitively tendered.
(2008) Discussion Paper: Western Sydney Public Transport Projects
Discussion paper prepared for circulation by the NSW Fabian Society in November 2008, following a conference on NSW transport strategies and priorities the month before.