Regional resurgence: opportunities for the Illawarra
The impacts of a post-COVID shift to continued remote and hybrid working means for the Illawarra region were the focus of the Property Council’s Illawarra Outlook for 2021. Astrolabe Director Michael Comninos was on a panel exploring the event theme ‘resurgence’, where Michael posed the notion that the Illawarra and Western Sydney are well positioned […]
Is working from anywhere driving a new sea/tree change?
‘Working from anywhere’ and regional centres Restrictions necessitated by COVID-19 forced a reset of well-worn habits in many of our working lives: namely changes to how and where we work. For knowledge workers, this has meant a widespread shift to working from home. We’ve observed some interesting short-term trends to emerge from this – including widespread […]
The future of work is not created equal
Under the banner of the fourth Industrial Revolution, there has long been lots of talk and planning about the types of jobs we’d be doing in the future as new technology influences the type of work we do. The impact of a global pandemic has accelerated this conversation. It has placed demands on us to […]
Western Sydney and the Illawarra Shoalhaven – it’s time coordinated, integrated planning
Picture a large room with two people glancing at each other, wanting to engage but hesitating, waiting for the right moment to put out their hand, inviting the other to dance. For Western Sydney and the Illawarra Shoalhaven that time is now. Yesterday Michael Comninos was a panellist at the Cross-Regional Transport Forum, organised by […]