The rapid growth of our capital cities is creating all sorts of problems. Dispersing growth across regional city networks could ease these growth pains and make our cities more sustainable.
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A leaked draft security agreement seemingly proves Chinese spending ‘bought’ enough influence to get the Solomon Islands government. But such an interpretation misses two key issues.
All universities face job losses. But the impacts of these job losses are greatest for regional communities.
Encouraging migrants to move to regional areas could be a win-win’ scenario, as long as policymakers pay attention to five key factors.
Rural and regional Australia is a big and diverse place, but some broad common issues do emerge as policy priorities.
Social mobility is linked to geography in the UK – and local leaders should be tasked with boosting it.
In the 70s, Whitlam tried to build new, big cities. But this was too costly. Now the most viable solution for Australia’s population woes is to make existing cities bigger.
Location counts when it comes to sustainable development.
A new parliamentary report has taken an informed and sensible approach to developing regional Australia, without simply focusing on the contentious issue of decentralisation.
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Professor of Business Economics, University of Birmingham
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Associate Director, Government Relations, Australian Catholic University
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Honorary Associate Professor in Planning, University of Queensland, University of Sydney
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Professor of Strategy and Sustainable Competitiveness, Brunel University of London
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Director, The Cairns Institute, James Cook University
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Professor of Industrial Strategy & Regional Development, Co-Director Centre for Governance, Regions and Industrial Strategy (CGRIS), University of Bath
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Professor of Economics, University of Westminster
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Senior Research Fellow (Adjunct), Adelaide University
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Professor of Criminology, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics and International Relations, Adelaide University
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Visiting Fellow, College of the Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Professor of International Security, Adelaide University
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Lecturer in Urban Planning and Design, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Sustainability Science, La Trobe University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology