Although planning is a function of state governments in Australia, there has been little research into their comparative performance. This paper traces the development of institutional frameworks and policy outputs for urban and regional planning in the two major states, New South Wales and Victoria. Despite marked similarities in resource disposition and processes of structural change, there have been substantial differences between the two planning systems. It appears, though, that the impact of the current economic recession is to reduce those differences.
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