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Sustainable Cities

80% of Australians live in cities, but planning and governance has long been fractured and market driven. We believe that the development of a national urban policy gives us a chance to change how we do cities, redeploying infrastructure spending away from urban freeways in favour of rapid public transport, urban consolidation and protection of urban bushland and waterways. There is a strong social justice component to this work, as Australians living in outer suburbs are vastly more vulnerable to increasing petrol prices and fluctuations in the housing market. 

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WA’s future at risk, Greens warn on World Environment Day

05 Jun 2013
On World Environment Day Western Australian senator Scott Ludlam has warned that a Coalition-controlled Federal Parliament woul...
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Staff and training shortages show vital need for Federal rail funding

31 May 2013
An investigation exposing staff shortages and inadequate training in the State's rail system highlights the need to boost State...
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Major Cities Unit

29 May 2013
Policy and Research on Cities 
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One year of inaction on bike blackspot ends with cyclist in hospital

23 May 2013
More than one year after warning Transport Minister Troy Buswell to fix a Perth cycling blackspot, a cyclist has been hospitali...
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Salvos survey shows major parties can’t stay silent on housing crisis

22 May 2013
"In the Federal Budget Labor refused to acknowledge that there's a housing crisis in Australia, and the Coalition acts as thoug...
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WA Light Rail funding should be guaranteed post-election

21 May 2013
"Canberra is right that light rail should go to the universities, and the Premier is right about taking the system into the nor...
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WA in the Budget - good, bad, and pretty ugly

14 May 2013
Budget delivers good news for transport in Western Australia but no relief for the housing affordability crisis, WA Senator Sco...
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The future of Australia’s cities – Green or grim?

09 May 2013
"Bad urban planning has turned up bad results. People are struggling to find affordable places to live and are spending more t...
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Greens back call for sweeping urban planning reform

02 May 2013
"A New Deal for Urban Australia - released today by The Urban Coalition - sets out a vision for fixing Australia's cities and m...
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Unique collaboration and high tech search for Perth’s wasted space – ‘Why So Empty?’ mission launch

18 Apr 2013
The Greens and Perth organisation Spacemarket have launched a new high tech way to help tap Perth's vast reservoir of empty bui...
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