David Williams – chief executive officer of the Planning Institute of Australia, which represents qualified urban and regional planners across the country – has penned an article in The SMH decrying that Australia is “sleepwalking towards a three-megacity debacle” courtesy of Australia’s mass immigration policy:
The Planning Institute of Australia agrees: population growth and infrastructure investment are not an end in themselves, they are tools to shape more liveable and sustainable cities and regions.
The deep collaboration needed to guide them goes beyond treasury officials; it requires a shared vision and consistent ways of understanding how Australia is changing.
