As we wrap up Talking Cities for 2020 we look back and ask; what great lessons can we take into 2021?To jog our memories and help us plan for next year we look back at the challenges our guests set us through the year.
Thanks again to all of our wonderful and very generous guests, to my co-host James Rosenwax and to the team behind the scenes; Anna Robinson, Giulia Vignaroli, Johnny Soliitt-Davis, Kirsty Douglas, and of course to the team at Whooshka.
In 2020 Talking Cities also passed a few significant milestones, such as reaching over 100,000 listens in the series!
Have a safe and relaxing break and see you all in 2021!

Come behind the scenes at the PSIC Awards Night Ceremony to discover more insights about the competition entries, the judging process and the next steps that will follow this brilliant initiative.

Today we have a very special episode with two highly influential Indigenous Australians, Amanda Healy, Executive Officer of Warrikal and Managing Director of Kirrikin, and Jefa Greenaway, Director of Greenaway Architects, co-founder/ chair and director of Indigenous Architecture + Design Victoria and Regional Ambassador (Oceania) of INDIGO (International Indigenous Design Alliance).
Jefa and Amanda share the stories of their backgrounds and how this simple act can completely change the nature of a conversation and often leads to the formation of deeper and less transactive partnerships in business and life. Parking our egos and engaging our empathy allows us to become far more aware of our country’s deeper, often hidden intelligence.
We talk through the real need to deal with difficult truths of our recent past and how to move beyond the tired clichés often associated with Australian Indigenous culture. We share stories of how both Jefa and Amanda have subtly, yet profoundly engaged people they meet on a much deeper level than many would have expected or been prepared for.
Jefa talks through how our society currently suffers from a chronic ‘cultural amnesia’ and how through his work he reveals the nature of the land, allowing us all to become more aware about the land we live in and the culture and people who have taken care of it for so long. Jefa also tells us that genuine collaboration only comes about from listening to each other and ‘sharing 1,000 cups of tea’!
Amanda’s challenge to understand where you are, who came before you in your country, look more deeply and ask; who was the last well known warrior of your country, what is the name of their clan group, their traditional names…only then will you start to understand how things should be rather than how they are.
Please check out the links to Jefa and Amanda’s business and other websites;
Links to Amanda’s businesses and products;https://www.warrikal.com.au/https://kirrikin.com/
Links to Jefa’s business and academic involvement;https://www.greenawayarchitects.com.au/https://msd.unimelb.edu.au/alumni/alumni-profiles/jefa-greenawayhttps://creative.vic.gov.au/design/BoDW-program/jefa-greenaway

Join Helen Lochhead (Dean of the Faculty of Built Environment at UNSW and President of the Australian Institute of Architects) and Jill Garner (Victorian State Government Architect) as we discuss how architecture has evolved in response to past global pandemics, from the tuberculosis ‘inspired’ sanitoriums of the 1930’s to the present day...and Jill's 'Grand Tour' of Europe visiting buildings designed by modernist architects determined to solve the health issues of their day through a single building.
We also take a look at architecture’s role in the ‘civilizing’ the infrastructure ’boom’ of present day Australian cities and how in the truly integrated city architects can no longer ‘go it alone’ and architecture cannot provide all the answers we need without first collaborating.
What of the healthy future city: well both Jill and Helen agree, it has much more to do with the linear open spaces and connections than the single buildings and places themselves.
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Connect with our hosts,Tim O’Loan, via Linked InJames Rosenwax, via LinkedIn.
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The South East Queensland region has it all, stunning beaches, a sensational climate and economic diversification. With a projected population growth to 5.3 million by 2040, how do we keep pace with this growth, add value to our enviable liveability and capitalise on our competitive advantages?
Join us for episode seven of Season 5 of Talking Cities where we talk to influential South East Queensland business and industry leader of 30 years, Renaye Peters (now Vice President Campus Infrastructure and Services - Monash University) and CEO of The Committee for Brisbane, Barton Green and discuss what we need to do now to plan for the future, to 'grow better'.

We are joined by Michel Masson (CEO of Infrastructure Victoria) and Claire Ferres Miles (CEO Sustainability Victoria) to hear what are the most important focus areas to ensure we are well equipped to deal with the challenges of; climate change, population growth, recession and the associated social shocks and stresses. How do we help our cities bounce back from COVID in the short term, and how do we adjust to ‘live with COVID' and the associated stresses on our communities in the long term.
GET IN TOUCH:Email the show at [email protected]. Let us know who should be our next guest, what you like or how we can improve Talking Cities.
Connect with our hosts,James Rosenwax, via LinkedIn.Tim O’Loan, via Linked In
For any further information visit AECOM's Brilliant City Insights.
Please if you enjoy listening to Talking Cities, leave us a 5 star rating and don't forget to subscribe.

Join us for our next episode of Talking Cities where James Rosenwax and Alex O'Mara, group deputy secretary of Place, Design and Public Spaces at the New South Wales Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, discuss the key ingredients for a great public space, the surprising results of the recent government survey about how communities are using public spaces differently as a consequence of COVID-19, and the government’s latest initiatives to improve public spaces for all. For further information about the competition, please visit www.psic.org.au. Entries close at midnight AEST on Friday 28 august 2020.

We hear from Bernadene Voss, Mayor of the City of Port Phillip and Trevor Budge, Strategic Development leader at the City of Greater Bendigo on why the COVID-19 pandemic has many talking and thinking seriously about relocating away from our lager cities and into smaller regional communities. We ask if the great love affair with 'big cities' is over and have we fallen out of love with cities?
We also cover; is Fishermans Bend an opportunity to apply the lessons from COVID, what can Jane Jacobs teach us in 2020, what needs to change in the way we plan and deliver our cities in the 'COVID-normal' era and how much can (or should) Local Government actually do?
GET IN TOUCH:Email the show at [email protected]. Let us know who should be our next guest, what you like or how we can improve Talking Cities.
Connect with our hosts,James Rosenwax, via LinkedIn.Tim O’Loan, via Linked In
For any further information visit AECOM's Brilliant City Insights.
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Join us for our next episode of Talking Cities where James Rosenwax and Robyn Dowling, juror for the Public Space Ideas Competition, discuss the the benefits of multidisciplinary collaboration in the design of public spaces, the use of technology to foster social interaction and the potential for semi-formal reclamation of streets for pedestrians.
For further information about the competition, please visit www.psic.org.au - entries close at midnight AEST on Friday 28 August 2020.
GET IN TOUCH:Email the show at [email protected]. Let us know who should be our next guest, what you like or how we can improve Talking Cities.
Connect with our hosts,James Rosenwax, via LinkedIn.Tim O’Loan, via Linked In
For any further information visit AECOM's Brilliant City Insights.
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Join Stuart Mosley (CEO of the Victorian Planning Authority) and Distinguished Professor Billie Giles-Corti (RMIT, Director of the Urban Futures Group) in conversation with Tim O'Loan (your host) as they discuss whether COVID-19 really does have urban residents 'running for the hills'. Our talented trio also talk through; the growing importance of urban data collection in creating better performing and resilient cities, the 'with-COVID' 20-minute city, the new role of public open space and if the Arden Precinct (Australia's largest and new innovation precinct) can pivot through lessons from COVID and become a 'demonstrator' for the way cities should be built beyond 2020.
Documents referred to in this episode;Arden Structure PlanThe High Life
GET IN TOUCH:Email the show at [email protected]. Let us know who should be our next guest, what you like or how we can improve Talking Cities.
Connect with our hosts,James Rosenwax, via LinkedIn.Tim O’Loan, via Linked In
For any further information visit AECOM's Brilliant City Insights.
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Join us for our first episode of Season 5 of Talking Cities where James Rosenwax and Susan Lloyd Hurwitz, CEO and Managing Director of Mirvac and a juror for the Public Space Ideas Competition, discuss the important role that public space plays in our cities and communities, some of the challenges faced with the delivery of high quality public space and changes to the way we use public space since the COVID-19 pandemic.
For further information about the competition, please visit sydney.org.au/psic. Entries close at midnight AEST on Friday 28 August 2020.
GET IN TOUCH:Email the show at [email protected]. Let us know who should be our next guest, what you like or how we can improve Talking Cities.
Connect with our hosts,James Rosenwax, via LinkedIn.Tim O’Loan, via Linked In
For any further information visit AECOM's Brilliant City Insights.
Please if you enjoy listening to Talking Cities, leave us a 5 star rating and don't forget to subscribe.