Publications

Elizabeth Taylor and colleagues write in The Conversation (7.3.16) about planning disputes in cities’ urban fringes over increasing use of land for mass-production farms. The authors

Anitra Nelson writes in The Conversation (4.3.16) about the types of planning and development principles that should go into creating ‘environmentally just’ Australian cities. ‘Melbourne’s population

The LNP and KAP united to vote down legislation introduced by Environment Minister, Stephen Miles, to overturn the LNP’s loosening of land-clearing laws. In an call

The ABC’s Ashleigh Stevenson reports (6.3.16) on plans to significantly expand the carrying capacity of the Gold Coast airport prior to the commencement of the 2018

Tony Moore reports in the Brisbane Times (24.2.16) on a submission to state Parliament calling for local councils to be given authority to allow nude bathing

Hugh Possingham and colleagues write in The Conversation (22.2.16) that native vegeatation land clearing in Queensland has tripled in the last five years. This presents the

An AAP report in The Guardian (17.2.16) reports that World Wildlife Australia records that more than 40,000 hectares of koala habitat in Queensland has disappeared since the

Erin O’Donnell and Barry Hart write in The Conversation (10.2.16): ‘The push for development in northern Australia is gathering momentum, with the government recently releasing a draft

Fears have been raised more heritage homes across Brisbane could be set for demolition, after Brisbane City Council admitted it was powerless to save two century-old

Tony Moore, in the Brisbane Times (17.1.16) reports that the Lord Mayor, Graham Quirk has dismissed Rod Harding’s plan for a new light rail system in Brisbane:

Ben Atkinson, owner of Katandra Station, a 40,000 hectare cattle property about 1140km west-northwest of Brisbane, and 88km from Hughenden, asks: When is enough, enough? To what

The report of the Grantham Floods Inquiry initiated to inquiry into the causes of the catastrophic floods in Grantham in 2011 was presented to the government