Congratulations Rebecca Gallacher on being named a Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) ACT Fellow! A valued member of our Urban and Regional Planning team, Rebecca is an enthusiastic advocate for better understanding of the drivers affecting both the private and public sectors. Rebecca is a committed and dedicated planner who has given back to the…
Congratulations to Jenny Rudolph on her re-election to the Planning Institute of Australia’s NSW Division Committee and her appointment to the role of National Board Director for a second consecutive time. Director, Urban and Regional Planning, and head of Elton Consulting’s national urban planning practice, Jenny is passionate about the role and contribution of planning…
COVID-19 has challenged how we connect and engage with our communities. Since the pandemic, we have had to rapidly adapt to keep ourselves and our communities safe yet still deliver meaningful engagement. The use of digital engagement has presented many learnings and opportunities. It has also highlighted digital engagement limitations. The Committee for Sydney is…
Victoria is currently experiencing a second wave of COVID, with businesses and residents in Stage 4 lockdown to help reduce the spread. Living in Victoria, our Melbourne team is in the thick of lockdown, yet they are still busy and hard at work helping clients navigate these tricky times. One thing we’re interested in is…
Introduction The NSW Government has been working at great pace to deliver a range of new planning reforms to remove complexity, improve certainty and reduce approval timeframes for new development projects, particularly those that deliver social and economic benefits for the community. Despite the recent acceleration in planning reform packages to encourage increased jobs and…
How will digital and traditional engagement techniques work together in the future and how can local government practitioners maximise their effectiveness? The last few months have seen big shifts in the way we all live our lives. Social distancing requirements have forced us to re-think how to continue engaging with local communities on the projects…
Two months ago, moving quickly may have seemed a reasonable response to the suggestion ‘let’s zoom’. And with the onset of strict social distancing measures at the end of March 2020, we have indeed moved rapidly to not only change the way we live (Australians adhered to social distancing measures 90% of the time according…
With working from home becoming the temporary new norm for many, we conducted an online focus group with some of our staff on getting the most out of using video conferencing tools such as Zoom and Teams. Key learnings to ensure a successful online experience for all were ensuring participants felt comfortable, confident in participating…
While the world adjusts to new ways of living and working, the Elton Consulting team has been privileged to work with our clients around Australia in continuing to successfully engage stakeholders and communities on important issues. In the last fortnight we’ve delivered (to name a few): a 200+ person webinar on a key NSW Government…
To our clients, partners and colleagues Elton Consulting staff continue to focus on our clients and their projects around Australia. We are working safely and collaboratively as together we all deal with the changing landscape of COVID-19. To protect our staff, clients and communities and play our part to flatten the curve, we have already taken…