Peter Seamer

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Peter’s involvement with the planning of cities has spanned several decades and includes work on new towns in the UK and Australia. As the CEO of four major Councils, including the City of Sydney, the inaugural CEO of Federation Square in Melbourne and as CEO of the Victorian Planning Authority for a decade from 2007 until 2017, he has experienced all aspects of planning and building cities. He is an industry Fellow at RMIT and head judge for the Victorian UDIA awards. He has recently published: “Breaking Point: The Future of Australian Cities” which examines ways to manage growth and make our cities more efficient, liveable and equitable. Peter has been recognised as a member of the Order of Australia for significant service to urban and regional planning and design, to public administration and to local Government.

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Will COVID-19 change the way we plan our cities?

Peter Seamer
April 6, 2020

We know that C19 is impacting us massively, but will it teach us some lessons about the way our cities operate and allow us to reduce the impact of any…

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Growth means more congestion, or does it?

Peter Seamer
December 30, 2019

Everyone knows that our population is highly likely to double in the next few decades. We have the massive problem of where these people will live and how can we…

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City Planning

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What’s the problem with our cities?

Peter Seamer
December 16, 2019

Albert Einstein has often been incorrectly quoted as defining ‘insanity’ as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. This is precisely what we are doing…

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City Planning

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We’ve heard it all before… but what are we doing about it?”

Peter Seamer
December 14, 2019

Melbourne will double in population in the next 30 years, our roads and public transport are congested, and the cost of rail and freeway projects is massive. Our metropolis is…

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