Climate Change & Resilience

ACT: North Wright Compact Housing Precinct
Suburban Land Agency

NSW: Building Back Northern Rivers
Cred Consulting, the NSW Department of Planning and Environment Planning Delivery Unit, Ballina Shire Council, Byron Shire Council, Clarence Valley Council, Kyogle Council, Lismore City Council, Richmond Valley Council, and Tweed Shire Council

QLD: Natural Hazard Risk Assessments and Place-based Land Use Policy Development Program
Ipswich City Council, Meridian Urban, and Water Technology

SA: River Murray Flood Resilience Code Amendment
Planning and Land Use Services, Department for Trade and Investment and the River Murray Flood Planning and Building Working Group

VIC: South Gippsland Coastal Strategy
South Gippsland Shire Council

WA: Environmentally Sustainable Design of Single Houses and Grouped DwellingsCity of Vincent & Cerclos

Community Wellbeing & Diversity

ACT: ACT Gender Sensitive Urban Design Framework and Toolkit
ACT Government PLACE Laboratory OCULUS Communication Link Inhabit Place

NSW: Rebuild Cobargo
DunnHillam in collaboration with SJB Planning NSW and CCDC (Cobargo Community Development Corporation)

QLD: The Buzz at Yarrabilba
Queensland Government, Logan City Council, Brisbane Catholic Education and Lendlease.

TAS: Brighton Social Infrastructure Plan
Brighton Council, Ethos Urban and theCommunityCollaborative.

WA: Co-designing and co-creating public places with young people
RAC, Town of Port Hedland, Shire of Trayning and Town Team Movement

Great Place

NSW: Lindfield Village Green
Ku-ring-gai Council

QLD: Hanlon Park / Bur'uda
Brisbane City Council in collaboration with AECOM, Gaskell Planning, Bligh Tanner, Deicke Richards, Lat Studios, E2DesignLab, CPR Group, Tract and proudly constructed by Epoca Constructions Pty Ltd.

TAS: The University of Tasmania – Inveresk
Ireneinc Planning and Urban Design in partnership with the University of Tasmania and their Northern Transformation project team, and the City of Launceston

WA: Co-designing and co-creating public places with young people
RAC, Town of Port Hedland, Shire of Trayning and Town Team Movement

Improving Planning Processes

NSW: Improving planning processes for Aboriginal people in Western Sydney
GHD, Zion Engagement and Planning and Waters Consultancy together with their clients Department of Planning and Environment, Transport for NSW and Sydney Metro.

QLD: Brisbane Green Factor
Brisbane City Council - Design Brisbane, City Planning and Economic Development

SA: Transitioning to the PDI Act
City of Unley

WA: The Pre-lodgement Public Consultation Concession in Local Planning Policy 7.2 - Reducing, Refunding and Waiving Planning Fees
City of Subiaco

Planning Research

NSW: Unrealised Sydney exhibition
Joint Partners: Museums of History NSW and Professor Robert Freestone Contributors: Junior Major and Urbis

QLD: Planning for Housing Diversity
Martin Garred

SA: Walkable for Who? Applying a GIS-based Walkability Assessment Tool at the Metropolitan and Local Levels by Sex and Age in Australia with the Focus on the Greater Adelaide Metropolitan Area
Arsham Bassiri Abyaneh, Andrew Allan, Johannes Pieters, Sekhar Somenahalli and Ali Soltani

VIC: Our home choices: how more housing options can make better use of Victoria’s existing infrastructure
Infrastructure Victoria

WA: The HIGH LIFE Study: The policy and practice of designing healthy equitable apartments
Sarah Foster (RMIT), Paula Hooper (UWA), Alexandra Kleeman (RMIT), Clover Maitland (UWA) and Julian Bolleter (UWA)

Planning with Country

NSW: Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport Connecting with Country Project
GHD in partnership with Zion Engagement and Planning, Sydney Metro and the Sydney Metro - Western Sydney Airport Connecting with Country Working Group.

TAS: takara limuna
Milangkani Projects & Clarence City Council

VIC: Lake Boort Scarred Trees Masterplan
Aspect Studios in collaboration with DJAARA

WA: East Newman Precinct Structure Plan
Karlka Nyiyaparli Aboriginal Corporation, Jamukurnu Yapalikurnu Aboriginal Corporation, Puntukurnu Aboriginal Medical Service, Creating Communities and Hames Sharley

Stakeholder Engagement

NSW: Robertson Village Place Plan
Wingecarribee Shire Council

QLD: New Ipswich Planning Scheme (Ipswich Plan 2024)
Ipswich City Council and Articulous

SA: Equine Strategy Engagement
Adelaide Plains Council

TAS: Seven Mile Beach Local Area Plan
Niche Studio, Clarence City Council, and Entura.

VIC: The Place Shaper Kit
Victorian Planning Authority

WA: Wellard Village 7 Day Makeover
City of Kwinana and RAC

Strategic Planning Project

ACT: UNSW Canberra City Campus Master Plan
MGS Architects, Snøhetta, Turf Design Studio, ARUP

NSW: Coffs Harbour Public Realm Strategy
City of Coffs Harbour

QLD: Sunshine Coast ‘Coastal Corridor’ Place and Character Resource
Tract and Urban Enquiry

SA: Two Wells Walking Cycling Plan
Adelaide Plains Council

TAS: Strategic Planning Project
Central Hobart Plan

VIC: Mildura CBD Access and Mobility Strategy
Mildura Rural City Council and the Institute for Sensible Transport            

WA: Strategic Port Master Plan hat-trick
Southern Ports Authority

Technology & Digital Innovation

NSW: Land iQ - Standardised Land Use Evaluation Tool
The Department of Planning and Environment, in collaboration with WSP Australia, Giraffe Technology and Aerometrex

QLD: Transforming infrastructure contributions and delivery
Novoplan

SA: Reimagining Interactions with the Planning System Through Technology – Interactive Map Viewers and Subscription Services
Planning And Land Use Services – Dept for Trade and Investment

TAS: City of Launceston 3D City Model
City of Launceston

VIC: Moving Melton Digital Prospectus
Melton City Council

WA: Stirling Fast-Track (Development Applications)
City of Stirling

Tertiary Student Project

NSW: Artidote: The Public Art of Healing
Eloise Reddy PIA (Assoc.)

QLD: Albion Revitalisation Project
Nieve Feeney, Alexander Gough, Luke Jones, Elisha Tran, Christianna Tsiboukas, and, Joanna Stavrianos - Queensland University of Technology

SA: Reviving Millicent Civic and Art Precinct
Anita Mandia, Nayan Khairnar, Rajat Bhatia

VIC: Parcel Amalgamations for Urban Consolidation: The Role of Statutory Planning Mechanisms
Nick McFarlane

WA: Melbourne, Edgars Rd / Main Street Urban Regeneration Plan
Becky RuYin Liao, Yun Shu Wong, Will Jacobson, Damien Lockyer, Ashleigh Santich – Curtin University

Young Planner of the Year

ACT: Dot Hepburn MPIA

NSW: Henry Black PIA (Assoc.)

QLD: Kobi Lane MPIA

SA: Brendan Le Poidevin MPIA

TAS: Apurva Bora PIA (Assoc.)

VIC: Oscar Yencken PIA (Assoc.)