Construction firm Daracon is being accused of paying lip-service to a community consultation process surrounding controversial plans to expand a Hunter Valley quarry. The company is expected to lodge ...

Urban planners say Australia's community consultation system is worsening the country's housing crisis. Economist Peter Tulip says community consultations have a negativity bias, which can result in ...

Quite recently, I was sitting in a council chamber when the topic of consultation was brought up by one of my fellow councillors. It made me think! I often wonder what springs to our minds when ...

Around Australia, state governments are coming up with new planning pathways that make it more difficult for residents to block affordable housing projects. Many of these pathways include removing ...