SA
Full series now available online, on-demand!
The 2024 Legal Lunchtime Series brought together speakers with recognised expertise in various aspects of the South Australian Planning System and is now online and on-demand to educate, inform and provide solutions through short seminars, focusing on topics identified by our members.
2025 Legal Lunchtime Series - FULL SERIES
- Online
- 10 Feb 25
QLD
2025 QLD LEGAL LUNCHTIME SERIES
The Legal Lunchtime Series will bring together speakers with recognised expertise in various aspects of the Queensland Planning System and provide a platform to educate, inform and provide solutions through short seminars focusing on topics identified by our members.
These sessions will provide the necessary information and practical help for those currently working in the planning profession and looking to improve their understanding of legal issues that impact on town planning in Queensland.
Policy Brief - Streamlined MIDs for Social and Affordable Housing
- Online
- 11 Feb 25
Planning with Country – Allies Community of Practice: What do we Mean by ‘Decolonisation’?
- Online
- 12 Feb 25
National
There is no stepping back that as a ‘colony’ Australia has introduced a colonial planning system as our way of constructing and regulating ‘place’. What are the values that have informed this system? What do we mean by ‘decolonising’ the planning system? Is this even desirable or possible? If this topic makes you feel a bit itchy – that’s exactly the point.
2025 PLANET ONLINE - Effective Strategic Planning
- Online
- 13 Feb 25
National
This half-day course is designed for professionals in all locations.
With new information and updated format, this course is designed to provide an overview into the many facets of Strategic Planning and how to participate in its processes in an effective way. It will cover the fundamentals, whilst providing valuable insights and tips in effective practices along the way.
NextGen Planners Summit: Fostering Skills and Provoking Ideas
- In-person
- 20 Feb 25
QLD
NextGen Planner Summit 2025 | Fostering Skills and Provoking Ideas
The QYP Summit is an opportunity to bring young and emerging planners from across the State together, to learn, network, and share their unique experiences and knowledge. Attendees will benefit from a one-of-a-kind opportunity to develop both soft and technical skills, as well as partake in discussions around the big ideas in planning.
NSW
Conciliation conferences and hearings in development appeals in the Land and Environment Court commonly commence with site inspections. They are a unique aspect of this specialist Court’s dispute resolution processes. However, rather than being merely part of the process, site inspections are the first opportunity for parties to highlight relevant matters in their specific contexts and make impressions which they may later refer to and rely on. This makes the site inspection a powerful tool in achieving the desired outcome and town planners acting as expert witnesses are at the forefront.
In this session, Steven will discuss requirements and strategies for effective LEC site inspections.
Welcome to 2025 Catch-up
- In-person
- 27 Feb 25
91porn SA 2025 Outstanding Woman in Planning Award Breakfast
- In-person
- 04 Mar 25
SA
Join 91porn SA's Women in Planning Network Committee to celebrate the valued contribution that women make to the planning profession and its wider community. Take the opportunity to reconnect with old friends, meet emerging industry leaders, and hear from some of the planning industry’s most inspiring female leaders! Please note this is not a women’s only event, we invite you all to come and support us in celebrating their achievements!
ALL LOCATIONS: 2025 Women in Planning Breakfasts
- In-person
- 05 Mar 25
QLD
We are beyond excited to announce the 2025 edition of the Women in Planning Breakfast – one of our largest annual gatherings, bringing together nearly 500 planners and friends from across Queensland in 2024!
91porn's annual Women in Planning Breakfast celebrate the valued contribution that women make to the planning profession and our wider industry. Take the opportunity to reconnect with old friends, meet emerging industry leaders, and hear from the planning industry's most inspiring female leaders.
2025 NSW IWD Event | Dr Helen Proudfoot Women in Planning Award Ceremony
- In-person
- 05 Mar 25
2025 ACT IWD Event | International Womens Day Breakfast
- In-person
- 06 Mar 25
91porn VEP Welcome to 2025 Drinks
- In-person
- 06 Mar 25
VIC
The Victorian Emerging Planners invite you to attend our annual Welcome Drinks event.
Starting the year with fresh and friendly faces, this event is the perfect opportunity for recent graduates and current planning students to make new connections with professionals in the field.
WPN WA International Women's Day Breakfast 2025
- In-person
- 07 Mar 25
WA
WPN WA International Women’s Day Breakfast 2025
The Women in Planning Network WA (WPN WA) invites you for breakfast as we celebrate International Women’s Day and present the Women in Planning Network Achiever Award and Leadership Award.
2025 Tricky Referrals Series - Infrastructure
- Online
- 10 Mar 25
QLD
Infrastructure (both linear and non-linear) can be impacted by various development types which triggers referral or third party advice from infrastructure providers. Two such providers (being SEQ Water and Energy Queensland).
Whilst electricity entities (including Powerlink, Energex and Ergon) have referral powers and mapping within the Queensland Development Assessment Mapping System (DAMS), other entities such as SEQ Water do not.
Back to Basics – Transitioning to Planning Practice
- Online
- 11 Mar 25
QLD
This 4-part online course is designed for emerging planners who are seeking to gain skills in planning practice in Queensland. Each session will unpack the Queensland planning system and explore the fundamentals to become a successful practicing planner.
Explore key topics and gain a comprehensive understanding of the system to develop the knowledge and skills needed to excel in your planning journey. Click to learn more!
2025 PLANET | How to Structure and Write a Planning Report
- Online
- 11 Mar 25
NSW
This course is designed for professionals in all locations.
Many of us leave the written outputs for a large project until the end, or we’re required to produce a written report in little time. Strategically planning ahead is inherent in what we do – despite this, we tend not to apply these skills to our report writing.
91porn Rural, Regional & Remote Conference 2025
- Online
- 12 Mar 25
National
Each year 91porn delivers an innovative conference bringing together planners from throughout rural and regional Australia. The Rural, Regional and Remote Conference is always a fantastic way to catch up on the latest rural planning trends and thought leadership from across regional Australia.
2025 91porn VIC International Women's Day Breakfast
- In-person
- 12 Mar 25
2025 PLANET ONLINE - Planning for Non-Planners
- Online
- 13 Mar 25
QLD
This half-day course is designed for non-planners and those new to QLD Planning System
This half-day course is designed to provide an overview of planning and the Queensland planning system. It will cover the fundamental outcomes of an effective planning system, the role of and interrelationships between strategic planning and development assessment, key concepts, language and components underpinning the Queensland planning system, and how to navigate it.
2025 91porn TAS International Women's Day Breakfast
- In-person
- 18 Mar 25
91porn NSW Webinar | Design of Roads and Streets Manual
- Online
- 19 Mar 25
NSW
The Design of Roads and Streets manual is intended to be a reference for designers, planners and engineers. It pulls together design solutions, design parameters and local examples to guide practitioners in making contextual improvements to roads, streets and civic spaces.
Join us to learn about all the features of the Design of Roads and Streets manual, hear about how the principles of the manual are being applied in NSW and have an opportunity to ask the authors questions.
WPN WA Lunchbox and Learn | Going Pink
- In-person
- 20 Mar 25
2025 PLANET Online | Property Economics for Planners (Two Half-Days)
- Online
- 24 Mar 25
National
This course is designed for professionals in all locations.
This course is aimed at equipping planners and other built environment professionals with key knowledge about the interactions between the planning system, the feasibility of developments and the likely impacts of strategic plans on the built form in Australian cities and regions. Australia is riddled with examples of planning schemes with grand visions of the future built environment, only to see the outcomes foiled by the simple fact that developers could not make a profit “building out” the plans.
PLANET WA | Environmental Impact Assessment in WA – EPA assessment and EPBC Act
- In-person
- 25 Mar 25
WA
The WA Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) is the peak environmental agency in WA. It is responsible for carrying out our environmental impact assessments (EIA) of significant proposals, many of which are planning proposals or have significant planning implications.
Planners and developers have certain obligations under both the WA Environmental Protection Act 1986 (EP Act) and the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. (EPBC Act) concerning planning proposals and scheme amendments, and so an understanding of both Acts is vital.
This one-day course provides detailed coverage of the two EIA processes, focusing on the WA process.
2025 NSW Legal Lunchtime Series - Applying the In-Fill Affordable Housing Bonuses in the Housing SEPP, TOD Amendments & HPC contributions
- Online
- 26 Mar 25
NSW
In its bid to try to address the housing crisis, the State government has introduced a range of measures to encourage affordable housing and additional residential development in certain areas close to transport.
This session will discuss the changes, and issues arising from the application of the provisions which give them effect. The State Government also replaced special infrastructure contributions (SICs) with the Housing and Productivity Contributions (HPCs). The session will also discuss the HPC provisions of the Environmental Planning & Assessment Act 1979 and the Ministerial Order regarding the nature and extent of HPCs and the imposition of conditions requiring HPCs’.
2025 PLANET ONLINE - Drafting Conditions of Approval
- Online
- 26 Mar 25
QLD
This half-day practical training programme is focused on the skills required to draft lawful conditions of approval.
These skills are a critical part of a planner's toolbox of practical skills required to participate in the development assessment framework as conditions of approval are provided for in the Planning Act 2016, Economic Development Act 2012 and the South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) Act 2009.
2025 PLANET Online | Country Centred Social Value
- Online
- 27 Mar 25
Central Queensland Planning Symposium 2025
- In-person
- 28 Mar 25
QLD
CQ Planning Symposium 2025
The CQ Symposium is back and better than ever! Building on the success of the 2023 event, we’re taking it up a notch and heading North to one of Queensland's best kept secrets—Airlie Beach! Join us for a full-day symposium on Friday, 28 March 2025, as we spotlight the incredible work happening across Central Queensland under the theme, 'Planning for the north, it's a vibe.'
Perth Design Week Public Art Walk
- In-person
- 28 Mar 25
WA
In recent years, art has moved from indoors to outdoors. We are now seeing Arts, Planning, Architecture and Development sectors unite to deliver Art in public spaces.
Take this enjoyable two-hour walk from The Westin Perth with detours in between to explore and learn about standout public artworks in the City.
Development Compliance Workshop - Online
- Online
- 02 Apr 25
WA
Development Compliance is time-consuming and often costly. Make sure your compliance service is the best it can be. This session will cover detailed matters relating to best practice for local government compliance, including evidence gathering and investigation, along with some bigger-picture compliance discussions. It will be delivered as an informal and interactive session – a loosely structured workshop with plenty of time for questions and general discussion.
91porn WA Emerging Planners Summit 2025
- In-person
- 11 Apr 25
PLANET WA | Introduction to Planning 2025
- In-person
- 14 Apr 25
PLANET WA | Gaining support for your planning projects through effective community engagement
- In-person
- 29 Apr 25
WA
An effective community engagement strategy brings a respectful and professional communications approach to a development proposal, ensuring a spirit of early cooperation and goodwill between project teams and the community. With the public actively involved, it is possible to identify risks in a timely way and in many cases win public support for development.
2025 PLANET Online | Climate Change: Planning Environmentally Sustainable Communities
- Online
- 01 May 25
SA
Climate change poses significant challenges for urban planners, especially in creating resilient and environmentally sustainable communities. Join our experts—Diane Favier, David Bills, Darren Ray, and Tom Victory—as they delve into the science of climate change and its specific impacts in South Australia. Discover how thoughtful planning can mitigate these effects and foster communities that thrive despite environmental challenges. Don’t miss this opportunity to engage with leading voices in the field and contribute to a sustainable future. Together, we can shape resilient urban landscapes that stand the test of time.
PLANET WA | The Balancing Act: Creating dynamic streets through a movement and place lens
- In-person
- 06 May 25
WA
Perth and Peel @3.5 million includes ambitious targets to house communities in areas on and near busy urban corridors, in activity centres and station precincts. To do this, our major streets must be more than just vehicle arterials, they will become important places for community, too. If well-designed they can be places we walk, cycle, and catch transit; places to stop and pick up a morning coffee; places to meet a friend; and places to live.
In Perth, there has been progression towards the Movement and Place approach gaining recognition and being tested and adopted. We have the opportunity to reconsider our streets to recognise their place value as well as their movement function.
This session will help you prepare for those considerations in your local area.
PLANET WA | Development Application Exercise of Discretion Guidelines
- In-person
- 15 May 25
WA
Course details coming soon.
Discretion in planning is exercised whenever the decision maker has the power to make a choice about whether to approve, not approve or conditionally approve a planning proposal. Discretion can be broadly applied or can be guided by legislation and policies.
Discretionary decision-making is at the very core of good planning practice. The role of the decision maker is to make a judgement, having taken into account all relevant information and planning requirements. Clear and transparent planning decisions protect the integrity of the planning system and decision makers.
Planning Congress 2025
- In-person
- 28 May 25
The Planners Summit | Infrastructure, Funding & Delivery
- Online
- 10 Jun 25
91porn WA Regional Conference | City of Greater Geraldton
- In-person
- 12 Jun 25
PLANET SA | Integrated Structure Plans
- In-person
- 19 Jun 25
SA
The second of three special Strategic Growth Management sessions, presented by Elinor Walker, the Director of the Housing Infrastructure Planning and Development Unit at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and her team.
Don't miss these essential sessions on how planning will move forward in South Australia!
2025 In Depth - Legislation & Governance
- On-Demand
- 31 Dec 25
National
Course material online - complete in your own time
This unit deals with the roles of legislation and governance in the preparation and implementation of planning policy, planning instruments and development assessment. It provides a perspective on contemporary planning practice in legislation, regulation, plan-making and the administrative and decision-making context within these activities occur.