The Planning Institute of Australia has once again partnered with UrbanTalk to create a series of podcast in the lead up to the Planning Congress 2025 in Darwin. Ross Elliott is a founding director of the policy group Suburban Futures and has over 35 years of experience in property and urban development.

As a sequel to our previous episode about suburban retrofits, Ross discusses ways Australia can better embrace our suburbs and fulfill housing needs.

Planning Congress Website: https://eventfrog.eventsair.com/planning-congress-2025/

PIA Website: https://www.planning.org.au/

UrbanTalk Website: https://www.urbantalk.com.au/

The Planning Institute of Australia has once again partnered with UrbanTalk to create a series of podcast in the lead up to the Planning Congress 2025 in Darwin. Recognised in 2017 and 2023 by Planetizen as one of the 100 most influential urbanists, Ellen Dunham-Jones joins us to discuss retrofitting suburbia and give an introduction into her keynote at the Planning Congress. Along with co-author June Williamson, Ellen literally wrote the book on the topic and maintains a unique database of over 2,500 suburban retrofits.

Ellen gives a fantastic introduction to suburban retrofitting, the benefits they can bring to suburbs, some existing case studies from her extensive database and some lessons for Australia.

Planning Congress Website: https://eventfrog.eventsair.com/planning-congress-2025/

PIA Website: https://www.planning.org.au/

UrbanTalk Website: https://www.urbantalk.com.au/

The Planning Institute of Australia has once again partnered with UrbanTalk to create a series of podcast in the lead up to the Planning Congress 2025 in Darwin. In this first episode, we welcome back the CEO of PIA, Matt Collins.

Planning Congress Website: https://eventfrog.eventsair.com/planning-congress-2025/

PIA Website: https://www.planning.org.au/

UrbanTalk Website: https://www.urbantalk.com.au/