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Author Archives: Tim Williams

Tim Williams is the former chief executive officer of the Committee for Sydney and a member of the Commission into the future of the Sydney CBD.

empty Sydney city street
Posted inSpinifex

Our cities need the people who made them

by Andrew Cortese and Tim Williams 16 February 202217 February 2022
Posted inSpinifex

The reasons behind our housing crisis are clear…if we care to look

by Tim Williams 18 August 202118 August 2021
Posted inSpinifex

Tim Williams: How communities can cope, and grow, from major occupational upheavals

by Tim Williams 19 July 202120 July 2021
Photo by Toa Heftiba on Unsplash
Posted inSpinifex

Most disadvantaged workers at greatest risk in post-covid job market

by Tim Williams 27 April 202127 April 2021
row of houses with for sale sign
Posted inSpinifex

Australian public policy is inflating home prices, as usual

by Tim Williams 22 March 202122 March 2021
Posted inPlanning

Williams on Covid’s great “levelling out” between subs and burbs

by Tim Williams 15 February 202117 February 2021
Posted inSpinifex

Tim Williams: we need to fight for the cities

by Tim Williams 14 September 202019 October 2020
Posted inSpinifex

Will we have business as usual or a brand new world after COVID? Urban planning impacts and some thoughts from home and abroad

by Tim Williams 14 April 202014 April 2020
boris johnson
Posted inArticles

Tim Williams on the new look UK and its potential in urban regeneration under Boris

by Tim Williams 21 January 2020
Photograph of a roadblock
Posted inSpinifex

Tim Williams: Before we spend on infrastructure ask the right questions

by Tim Williams 29 October 20194 November 2019
future
Posted inPlanning

Tim Williams: Why we need to plan our cities for the jobs of the future

by Tim Williams 18 March 20193 April 2019
house of cards housing
Posted inHousing

Housing prices – lazy, greedy collusion is anti social and damaging our economy

by Tim Williams 21 February 201926 February 2019
Infrastructure Australia’s take on managing growth of Australia’s cities 
Posted inInfrastructure & transport

Infrastructure Australia’s take on managing growth of Australian cities 

by Tim Williams 13 December 201819 December 2018
Posted inSpinifex

How the financial markets make and break housing affordability (not supply)

by Tim Williams 28 August 20187 September 2018
Anna Wiman isometric Sydney
Posted inPlanning, Spinifex

Our cities need a governance revolution

by Tim Williams 13 March 2018
walkable cities obesity
Posted inSpinifex

Obese city: why we must design walkability back into Sydney

by Tim Williams 12 February 201826 February 2018
Posted inSpinifex

How governments can ensure more affordable housing

by Tim Williams 29 January 201813 March 2018
Posted inSpinifex

10 key issues for Australian cities: an open letter to the PM

by Tim Williams 11 August 2016
Posted inSpinifex

Does metropolitan governance bring us closer to resilient cities?

by Tim Williams and Sam Kernaghan, Arup 8 October 201516 February 2022
Posted inSpinifex

Tim Williams: why cities are the orphans of public policy

by Tim Williams 16 October 201416 October 2014

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