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Building Australia's Next Urban Chapter: Turning the National Urban Policy into practical outcomes

Australia's future prosperity depends on how we plan, invest in and shape our cities and towns. With growing pressures on housing affordability, infrastructure, climate resilience and liveability, stronger coordination across governments and industry is essential to delivering better outcomes for communities.

 

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Infrastructure Australia’s Delivering Net Zero Infrastructure: Workforce Report

Developed as part of the Infrastructure Net Zero initiative overseen by ASBEC, the report’s key recommendation calls for governments, industry and educators to develop a new industry-wide training program to ensure there is a nationally consistent approach to decarbonising projects.

Industry Events

You are invited to the World Cities Day Public Lecture on ‘Resilience by Design: A Vision for Urban Australia’

Join us at Law Link Theatre, ANU on Thursday 29 October 5:30PM – 7:30PM to hear from cities expert Honorary Professor Barbara Norman as she explores the future of Australia’s urban settlements.

Order of Australia nominations

The Order of Australia recognises Australians for outstanding service or exceptional achievement. Everyone that is recognised is nominated by someone in the community. This means we all have the ability to recognise someone for their outstanding work and service. It also means that it is up to all of us to ensure our national awards system represents our diversity – across gender, cultural backgrounds and categories of endeavour. As a peak built environment network, ASBEC is working with the Office of the Governor-General of Australia to raise awareness of the Order of Australia and improve its diversity.  It only takes a few moments of your time to nominate someone exceptional. To start, click here.