National affairs
2 June 2025
Clare O’Neil has gained extra ministerial clout, and that could be good news for housing policy and programs
National affairs
21 May 2025
Labor’s housing policies focus on increasing supply. Now it must also tackle distribution
National affairs
15 May 2025
An inquiry into planning reform in Victoria’s upper house cuts to the heart of Australia’s housing debates
Other Voices
9 May 2025
What does it mean for China to be “the future”? And what does that future look like?
International
3 March 2025
One of the architects of London’s council housing renaissance has ideas for Australia
Essays & reportage
28 January 2025
Future MP Race Mathews had an insider’s view of policy development — not least health policy — in the office of the leader of the opposition
Essays & reportage
25 September 2024
Once a symbol of greatness, the city’s uneven decline mirrors the national malaise
Essays & reportage
14 September 2024
Our correspondent reacquaints himself with the PNG capital, a place getting a lot more attention these days
National affairs
12 April 2024
Despite worrying evidence, the health dangers of air pollution barely figured in the debate over Labor’s vehicle efficiency standard
Essays & reportage
20 March 2024
Queensland premier Steven Miles is learning an old lesson about sporting venues: sometimes it is best to love the ones you have
Essays & reportage
1 December 2023
Where did all that water go?
National affairs
13 October 2023
The federal government has set a target of 1.2 million new homes in five years. Discussions at the National Housing Conference revealed the scale of the challenge
Essays & reportage
1 March 2023
Not-for-profit associations are taking over as providers of affordable rental housing. What can Australia learn from Britain, where the trend is well advanced?
International
22 January 2023
Britain’s housing crisis has lessons for Australia
Books & arts
21 January 2023
A new book about urban mobility invites us to think differently about our streets: who do they belong to, what are they for, who gets to decide?
International
16 December 2022
How London’s “haves” and “have yachts” are reshaping the city
Books & arts
28 November 2022
An urban sociologist probes the strengths and weaknesses of the “yes in my backyard” movement
Essays & reportage
3 November 2022
While Melburnians watch The Lost City of Melbourne, Sydneysiders debate Barangaroo
Essays & reportage
17 August 2021
What happens when the idea of Country is integrated into how Australian cities are planned?
National affairs
12 March 2021
Australia has invested heavily in a construction-fuelled recovery, but at what cost?
Essays & reportage
29 September 2020
With governments unwilling to fix taxes or borrow, perhaps even Ronald Reagan has something to teach us
Essays & reportage
16 September 2020
All of a sudden, proximity to the city may no longer be a critical driver of innovation and job creation
Books & arts
13 July 2020
Covid-19 has supercharged concerns about how workplaces — and work patterns — are undermining good health
Books & arts
25 May 2020
Books | Three housing researchers plot the way out of Australia’s affordability crisis
Essays & reportage
30 March 2020
What does the coronavirus mean for Australian cities?
Essays & reportage
6 February 2020
Migration is helping make drought-stricken Dubbo a dynamic regional city
Essays & reportage
18 December 2019
Is the data-rich city taking on a life of its own? And can Hugh Stretton’s Ideas for Australian Cities help us navigate its hazards?
Essays & reportage
1 November 2019
High-rise housing has many benefits and quite a few shortcomings. The challenge is to shift the balance towards likeability
National affairs
2 August 2019
There’s a risk that Australia’s leading social survey could become stuck in time
Essays & reportage
31 July 2019
The purists are lamenting while the boosters (and bashers) cheer, but Canberra’s transformation may be more inspired than either camp acknowledges