Is the growing trend in e-bike and e-scooter use the key to reducing congestion on our roads - or a menace for unsuspecting pedestrians, drivers, and riders themselves? Reports of accidents are filling the airwaves as experts question how governments can best manage the rapid growth in sales of electric bikes and scooters. So, how... Continue Reading →

Australia is in the midst of a housing crisis. But amidst the political and media debate about the fixes to our housing woes, public housing has slipped from view. There's concern that funding commitments are a far cry from the broad based approach to public rental housing which has supported so many Australians in the... Continue Reading →

What is ‘public’ about our urban and regional transport systems - and how public should they be? Are our leaders actually serving public interests and values around public transport? Should a stick in the ground really count as a bus stop? And what the heck is a 'beg button'? In this episode of City Road... Continue Reading →

Has Australia’s housing debate turned toxic? On the one side, politicians, industry groups and free marketeers insist that relaxing planning rules will deliver more homes, lowering prices and rents. Others contend that unfair tax settings have pitted property investors against first home buyers, condemning younger generations and middle income workers to a precarious private rental... Continue Reading →