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Piloting Community co-creation in growth area neighbourhoods
In recognition of the landmark commitment that Mirvac is making to authentic Community Development at its Victorian urban-fringe communities, I was recently asked to contribute a piece to the Victorian Planning and Environmental Law Association "Revue" e-magazine....
Neighbour Day 2020
Neighbour Day 2020…towards a new connected, neighbourly life
Liveable Cities Conference 2020
Come to the 2020 Liveable Cities conference in Perth. June 22/23 and help us to create better places #liveablecities
The Threads that Bind. Pursuing community partnerships
From the day I started professionally dabbling in community development, I have derived great satisfaction in identifying common ground between seemingly disparate groups and agencies, from which formal partnerships may emerge. Professional life is so much more...
Liveability – is it in the eye of the beholder?
Earlier this week I attended the 12th annual Liveable Cities conference, at the Adelaide Convention Centre. Increasingly, this conference is attracting inter-disciplinary interest, in recognition of Liveability as a key and increasing driver within the planning of...
Learning from the Kerrigans
Just a few short weeks ago Australia was in the midst of a Federal election campaign and the associated mad “left vs right” clamour for votes. At the time I was interested to analyse the policy responses of both sides to the burgeoning societal issue of mental health...
This is where I belong
Human beings largely choose to live in urban “herds”, where interactions with many other people are inevitable. However the great irony is that for many, physical proximity actually diminishes a preparedness to interact meaningfully. How so? Well, perhaps it’s due to...
Tapping Community Development
Amidst the current Australian federal election campaigns we are inundated daily with meaningless throwaway captions and media-grab slogans. Frankly, almost without exception they sell short the whole process of electing a government to steer our country through some...
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