A report on liveability across five Australian capital cities has highlighted gaps between established and growing areas. In Brisbane, one issue stands out.
Households in the four outer urban councils forming Greater Brisbane have less than half the access to frequent public transport than their more central city neighbours.
Across six measures of health, walkability, social infrastructure, open space, affordable housing, local jobs, and public transport, one of the starkest Brisbane gaps was on the latter. Not only does this require hundreds of thousands of new homes, but the supporting infrastructure funds from state and federal governments – in a range ofBronwen Clark, chief executive of the National Growth Areas Alliance – which counts the south-east Queensland Council of Mayors as a partner – said “people need more than just roofs and walls”.
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