S J CONNELLY CCP PTY LTD http://www.connelly.net.au Town Planner, Fellow of the Planning Institute of Australia Mon, 12 Dec 2011 05:17:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Planning chiefs hail smarter, simpler scheme, Kelsey Munro Urban Affairs, December 7, 2011 It's a start, but all the tough decisions are yet to be made. That's the industry verdict on the state government's "once-in-a-generation" overhaul of the state's moribund Planning Act. The Planning Minister, Brad Hazzard, yesterday released a wide-ranging issues paper that pulled together months of community consultations by review chairmen Ron Dyer and Tim Moore, confirming that the 30-year-old planning system was broken beyond repair. Continue Reading ]]> http://www.connelly.net.au/news/planning-chiefs-hail-smarter-simpler-scheme-kelsey-munro-urban-affairs-december-7-2011/ Rowan Moore, Kevin McCloud’s grand design for British Housing, Guardian 19 Nov 2011 Continue reading]]> http://www.connelly.net.au/news/rowan-moore-kevin-mccloud%e2%80%99s-grand-design-for-british-housing-guardian-19-nov-2011/ Climate change science being stifled by NSW Labor bureaucrats, Malcolm Holland From: The Daily Telegraph December 02, 2011 SENIOR bureaucrats in the state government's environment department have routinely stopped publishing scientific papers which challenge the federal government's claims of sea level rises threatening Australia's coastline, a former senior public servant said yesterday. Doug Lord helped prepare six scientific papers which examined 120 years of tidal data from a gauge at Fort Denison in Sydney Harbour. Continue reading]]> http://www.connelly.net.au/news/climate-change-science-being-stifled-by-nsw-labor-bureaucrats-malcolm-holland-from-the-daily-telegraph-december-02-2011/ The Next Wave of Modernism: Healing Urban Landscapes, Asladirt, November 23, 2011 Continue reading]]> http://www.connelly.net.au/news/the-next-wave-of-modernism-healing-urban-landscapes-asladirt-november-23-2011/ Coding for Character: The Architecture of Community, Howard Blackson, April, 29 2001. "continue reading"]]> http://www.connelly.net.au/news/coding-for-character-the-architecture-of-community-howard-blackson-april-29-2001/ Population growth and sustainability, Dr Bob Birrell, Monash University, December 08, 2010 Continue Reading]]> http://www.connelly.net.au/news/population-growth-and-sustainability-dr-bob-birrell-monash-university-2010-08-december/ Rising sea levels will swamp parts of Sydney, Tom Arup, Environment Correspondent, December 16, 2010 Continue Reading]]> http://www.connelly.net.au/news/rising-sea-levels-will-swamp-parts-of-sydney-tom-arup-environment-correspondent-december-16-2010/ What makes a suburban street feel safe enough to walk down?, Pamela Medlen, Tue Nov 2, 2010 Continue Reading]]> http://www.connelly.net.au/news/what-makes-a-suburban-street-feel-safe-enough-to-walk-down-pamela-medlen-tue-nov-2-2010/ Australia’s biodiversity conservation strategy sets national targets for 2015, Ministry of Environment, Water, Population and Communities, October 27, 2010. Continue reading.]]> http://www.connelly.net.au/news/australias-biodiversity-conservation-strategy-sets-national-targets-for-2015-department-of-environment-water-population-and-communities-october-27-2010/ A faster way to find data about your local goverment area, ABS, September 3, 2010. Continue reading]]> http://www.connelly.net.au/news/a-faster-way-to-find-data-about-your-local-goverment-area-abs-september-3-2010/