John Smith from ARC worked on Australia before coming to NZ 5 years ago. What key differences between the NZ and Australia planning systems and processes were identified during the session?
Whitney Taylor, the recent BPlan graduate from our university, who now works in Australia, gave us an introduction on Australia's planning system and issues related to Sydney through an internet video link.
Unfortunately, the link was not stable and reliable enough. We lost connections a few times.
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