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National affairs James Murphy 4 February 2016 The Australian Electoral Commission’s latest political finance figures show how closely entwined are government and the development industry, writes James Murphy
Books & arts Jennifer Kent 1 December 2015 Books | The challenge for Australian cities is to introduce fluidity into a landscape often set in concrete, writes Jennifer Kent National affairs Jane-Frances Kelly & Paul Donegan 29 September 2015 State and local governments need to break down the emerging division between job-rich and job-poor suburbs in Australia’s major cities, write Jane-Frances Kelly and… Essays & reportage Kerry Ryan 17 September 2015 Twenty years after he left, Kerry Ryan returned to Darwin. Some things had changed, some things had stayed the same Books & arts Susan Lever 26 June 2015 Books | Susan Lever reviews Steven Carroll's Forever Young
David Hayes 22 December 2014 A dynamic metropolis resented by the country it governs is exploring its own political options, says David Hayes
Essays & reportage Daniel Nethery 12 December 2014 The big clubs aren’t happy about the new alcohol rules in Sydney’s Kings Cross, but what about the other people who rely on the area for their livelihoods? Daniel … Books & arts Sylvia Lawson 30 October 2014 Sylvia Lawson reviews Rocking the Foundations, The 50-Year Argument and The Land Between Books & arts Angela Daly 11 September 2014 Angela Daly reviews Robert Crawford’s tale of two cities David Hayes 24 July 2014 The Commonwealth Games meet a host city in flux, says David Hayes
Ross Tapsell 16 January 2014 In Jakarta, Ross Tapsell profiles the city governor who could be the next president of Indonesia
National affairs Peter Mares 28 August 2013 Without a change in policies, an ageing population is likely to reduce housing affordability and increase inequality, writes Peter Mares National affairs Harold Levien 5 July 2013 It’s time for the federal government to take seriously the shortage of affordable housing, writes Harold Levien James Leibold 4 July 2013 A high-tech system of social control is being superimposed on China’s network of urban neighbourhoods, writes James Leibold in Beijing Essays & reportage Peter Mares 12 December 2012 Australia’s largest cities still rely heavily on massive investments in rail before the second world war. With renewed interest in rail as a way of dealing with congestion,…
Essays & reportage Margo Saunders 9 November 2012 Twenty-five years on, we’re still asking the same question, writes Margo Saunders
Antonia Finnane 2 November 2012 On the eve of China’s eighteenth party congress, life in Beijing is changing in increasingly obvious ways, writes Antonia Finnane Essays & reportage Eleanor Hogan 15 August 2012 After six months of living in Alice Springs, Eleanor Hogan’s employer folded and she was offered an all-expenses-paid relocation back to Sydney. But she was in no… Books & arts Richard Johnstone 27 February 2012 From the archive | Fifty years after the publication of Jane Jacobs’s landmark book, we’re still trying to find our way around the city, writes Richard Johnstone Essays & reportage Margaret Simons 2 June 2011 The federal government is showing signs of getting back into the urban planning business, reports Margaret Simons
Duncan Hewitt 28 April 2011 Massive rises in the cost of housing are at last being recognised by government, writes Duncan Hewitt
Essays & reportage Melissa Sweet 28 March 2011 “Locational disadvantage” has an enormous impact on the lives of residents in many Australian suburbs. But an experiment in Sydney’s 2168 postcode area is… Duncan Hewitt 22 March 2011 Traffic is becoming a fiercely debated topic in China’s major cities, writes Duncan Hewitt in Shanghai International Peter Browne 28 January 2011 Although it symbolises China’s embrace of the market economy, Shanghai is still very much shaped by the party and entrenched corruption Books & arts Peter Spearritt 7 October 2010 Peter Spearritt looks at how traffic engineers and apartment developers are degrading Australian cities
National affairs Mark Thirwell 9 September 2010 How will the world economy look in 2025? Mark Thirlwell looks at the consensus view – and the possibility of a few surprises National affairs Jim Colman 1 July 2010 Forty-one mayors and a state government in crisis means that no one is in charge of Sydney, writes Jim Colman Essays & reportage Peter Spearritt 22 October 2009 If you want to find out what’s happening in Australia’s cities today, don’t go to the glossy planning documents, writes Peter Spearritt