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As services and social discourse become increasingly digitalised, it is more important than ever for community engagement to have a robust online presence.

Recent attention has been directed at NIMBYs, particularly by YIMBYs, around the housing crisis. As we look for ways to streamline and accelerate housing delivery pathways, we must ensure that citizens do not lose the right to have their say about a new development.

In a sector where community consultation is already either rare or tokenistic, to have such a major, city-shaping infrastructure project driven by the state government approached in a way that keeps policy making as far from the public as possible, is worrying.

Office of the Building Commissioner (OBC) is implementing the Construct NSW strategy to reform the building and construction industry. UrbanTalk is striving to be part of this change by providing a platform that complements the Construct NSW initiatives.

Two recent policy documents issued by the NSW Department of Planning, Infrastructure and Environment (NSW DPIE) are looking to reframe the community consultation process.

The COVID-19 pandemic has inspired great creativity by community engagement practitioners. It has been the research and development phase that our sector needed.

The COVID-19 pandemic has inspired great creativity by community engagement practitioners. It has been the research and development phase that our sector needed

Demand and consumption of video has increased considerably, alongside access to internet and uptake of digital devices. In response, products and services are going digital.