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FORWARD THINKING – Strategic Planning

This seminar highlighted how we can do our strategic planning and planning instruments better. This session, with two speakers from the Department of State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government & Planning, shared their learnings and experiences in strategic planning and discuss how strategic planning needs to manifest a clear intent and direction for development. They also provided some guidance about how to better align land use and infrastructure planning.

About the speakers

Chris Aston is an Executive Director in Planning Group, Department of State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government & Planning. He is an accomplished leader with a background in statutory and strategic planning, policy development and analysis in the public and private sectors across Queensland and NSW. Chris is outcomes focussed and driven by ensuring pragmatic approaches to policy implementation and delivery. Chris is also a strong advocate that planning must demonstrate a value add when interfering in the market

Kristy Forwood M海角社区 is a Director in Policy and Statutory Planning at the Department. Kristy is an experienced planner, in both the private and public sectors. Her current role, leading the Policy and Innovation team, is focused on driving creative and innovative approaches to improving and simplifying the planning framework. Kristy and her team deliver planning policy programs and initiatives to address emerging issues, through engagement with stakeholders and users of the framework to ensure the framework meets the needs of all stakeholders.

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