Launch of the 31st Queensland Awards for Planning Excellence

Happy Saturday YPs and congratulations to all the YPs who received awards at the launch of the 31^st Queensland Awards for Planning Excellence! A special congratulations to our QYP Committee University reps Henry Kassay, UQ and Mitchell Tilly, USC on their awards for best third and first year performance respectively. Submissions for the Awards are open now and we strongly encourage all YPs to submit their work to be recognised through the PIA website! The full list of winners is listed below!

UQ

Bachelor of Regional and Town Planning

Anna Wilkinson, Best first year performance

Olivia Nesbitt, Best second year performance

Henry Kassay, Best third year performance

Julius Frias, Best performance overall program

USC

Bachelor of Regional and Urban Planning

Mitchell Tilly, Best first year performance

William Johnson, Best second year performance

Dale Richardson, Best third year performance

Donald Maskall, Best fourth year performance

Griffith

Bachelor of Urban & Environmental Planning

Prudence Liddy Best first year performance

Madison Bland, Best second year performance

Corey Culpitt, Best third year performance

Gabriella Singh, Best fourth year performance

Master of Urban and Environmental Planning

Michaela Real, Best performance overall program

QUT

Urban and Regional Planning Major of the Bachelor of Urban Development

Emily Took, Best first year performance

Azman Abishai Reuben, Best second year performance
Francesca Bell, Best third year performance
Anushma Radhika Sharma, Best fourth year performance
Bachelor of Urban Development

Anushma Radhika Sharma, Best performance overall program

James Cook

Bachelor of Planning

Joel Redden, Best first year performance

Alexandra Davey, Best  second year performance

Grace Lambeth, Best third year performance

Taryn Pace, Best fourth year performance

Bond

Bachelor of Sustainable Environments and Planning

Jonty Ryan, Best first year performance

Trent Stanton, Best second year performance

Daisy Goodwin, Best third year performance

Master of Sustainable Environments and Planning (Professional)

Shadrach Mayne, Best performance
Master of Sustainable Environments and PlanningGraham Bates, Best performance overall program

PIA Presents: First Coat Walking Tour

Listen up YPs! It's that time of year again! Driven by the desire to make art and culture accessible, First Coat Festival is again turning the City of Toowoomba into one of Australia's largest outdoor galleries. Now, it's no secret that YPs love interactive public art, laneways, coffee, exploring and beers. Which is why we are road tripping to Toowoomba for the Planning Institute of Australia's First Coat Walking Tour! 

We are meeting our Tour Guides (aka a couple of our favourite Toowoomba locals) at 2pm on Saturday 20 May 2017 at Ground Up Espresso Bar, Searle's Walk. Make sure you register and grab your ticket before 15 May 2017 or you might miss out. Jump across to the PIA website for more event info! 

For more information on the First Coat Festival, check out their website: www.firstcoat.com.au or watch this sweet video from the 2016 First Coat Festival. 

Introducing: YP Back 2 Basics

Queensland Young Planners is excited to launch the inaugural young planner professional development series - YP BACK TO BASICS. 

The series will make its debut in 2017 and will cater specifically to young planners through themed seminars tailored to provide essential knowledge and skills to students, graduates and emerging professionals. These seminars will provide attendees the opportunity to hear from planning professionals, young planners and industry experts in an environment that fosters learning and growth with like-minded peers. 

Attendance to the YP Back to Basics Series is strictly limited, so jump over to the PIA Events page and book now to secure your seat today!!

Book the full series by Monday 22 May 2017 and get 3 for the price of 2!

YP Back to Basics #1 - Creating Good Developments

Thursday 25 May 2017 5:30 pm at Queensland University of Technology, P Block, Level 6

This event will prompt converstation on the Planner's role in creating good developments. Let by YIMBY (Yes In My Back Yard) QLD. Creating Good Development is also the launch of the YP Back to Basics Series which makes its debut in 2017. Register here. 

YP Back to Basics #2 - Planning 101

Thursday 6 July 2017 5:45 pm at Queensland University of Technology, P Block, Level 6

If you are interested in gaining more than textbook knowledge of planning, then this is the event for you. The YP Back to Basics Series - Planning 101 event will aim to provide Young Planners with essential knowledge and skills (i.e. Planning 101) by delivering three themed sessions covering Technical Skills, Planning Skills and the Planner's Role. Register here. 

YP Back to Basics #3 - Secure Your Position

Thursday 21 September 2017 5:45 pm at Queensland University of Technology, P Block, Level 6  

Are you a student, graduate or young professional looking for industry insights to aid your job searching, work placement procurement or securing that new and exciting role or promotion? If yes, then this is the event for you! Secure Your Position is the final event of the YP Back to Basics Series for 2017 and will provide you with the edge to secure your next exciting position. Register here. 

Keep an eye out for the YP Back to Basics PITP Editions. Coming soon! 

Australia Affordable Housing Conference 2017

Housing Affordability and Energy Reliability are currently the two most pressing issues at hand for federal state and local government. They demand urgent attention and immediate resolution to tackle the crisis. With this in mind, I cordially invite you to two high-level government forums this coming June and July on Housing Affordability & Energy Reliability and Stability to examine, discuss and collaborate to shape future policy directions and sustainable solutions.

Visit the conference website for more deets!

Cross River Rail Submission

Young planners tend to love mixed-modal transport and rail is kind of 'our thing'. This has resulted in strong opinions on how the Queensland Government should go about delivering their highest priority infrastructure project - Cross River Rail. This region-shaping project will have broad and localised impacts across South East Queensland. However it all plays out, it will undoubtedly play a significant role in the future of Brisbane as we strive to become a New World City. It is setting the trajectory for the future prosperity of the region and to draw on Obama - 

"Sometimes the task of government is to make incremental improvements or try to steer the ocean liner two degrees north or south so that, then years from now, suddenly we're in a very different place than we were."

The QYP Policy and Advocacy Committee recently submitted our take on the Cross River Rail Request for Project Change (Request for Change). The full submission is available here. 

QYP would like to extend our thanks to the QYP Policy and Advocacy Sub-Committee Lead, Ciaran Callaghan and the QYP Convenor, Jess Crane. We would also like to acknowledge QYP Committee members Daniel Martiri, Cherie Josephson and Marissa Bais for their work is preparing this submission. 

#ShapingSEQ From a YP's Point of View

On the 2^nd March, QYP held a joint event with the Department of Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning (DILGP) focused on the draft South East Queensland Regional Plan ‘ShapingSEQ’. Held at QUT Gardens Point, the event involved informative and engaging presentations from Greg Vann and Kerry Riethmuller, both key members of the DILGP Regional Planning Team. The event also involved a presentation from QYP committee members, Ciaran Callaghan and Dirk Van Der Kamp, who presented their thoughts on ShapingSEQ from the perspective of a Young Planner.

The event was concluded by a panel discussion where attendees were able to ask the presenters questions, leading to an open and robust discussion around ShapingSEQ and the future of the region. 

QYP have a strong interest in ensuring young planners are provided with an opportunity to engage with industry leaders and learn about emerging planning policy from those central to policy creation and development. Events like this play a key role in turning this interest into a reality and we thank DILGP for their involvement and engagement with QYP. We also thank QUT for hosting the event and all those who came along on the night!

Check out some of the pics from the night and we hope to catch you at our next event!

PITP - The Crawl Edition

Woohoo! The first Planners in the Pub (PITP) went off with a bang. After a long day brainstorming and shaping the future with fellow young and aspiring young planners at the #ShapingSEQ Youth Summit it was fantastic seeing lots of new faces come along and join us as we crawled through some of the great pubs that Brisbane has to offer. One of our stops included the NEXT rooftop Pool bar where the heritage Queen Street Mall façade are on display. 

We started getting warmed up for our PITP Rocky edition with a pitstop by Jonny Ringos’s Saloon where some of the crew even got to ride the bucking bull. We can’t wait to see you all at the next PITP following the informative and must-not-miss Shaping SEQ session this Thursday night - hurry spots are filling fast.

QYP @ O-Week

Last week QYP welcomed the newest Young Planners at O-Week presentations across the south east. 1st year planning students were introduced to PIA and QYP by our University Representatives at five universities including UQ, QUT, USC and Griffith University Nathan and Gold Coast. Our newest YP’s were encouraged to get involved with QYP by attending our many events being held in 2017 and were encouraged to join PIA as Student Members.

Each of our universities welcomed a minimum of 20 first year planning students and QYP look forward to meeting you all in the year ahead! Students were also welcomed at orientation booths with our newest YP’s taking full advantage of the free PIA pens on offer. 

QYP would like to extend our thanks to the QYP University Representatives Emma, Henry, Mitch, James, Sophie and Kobi

Post #1 - Welcome the Blog

Do you live in Queensland? Are you a young (or young at heart) planner? Then we are here for you!! We (QYP) thought this year, why not start something new. So we're kicking off a blog. This is a blog for young planners by young planners. If you've got a story to tell, a project to write about, a burning planning issue that none of your other friends want to hear about, flick it our way. Email us at qldyoungplanners@gmail.com

Kori, Nick, Cam, Ellie & Tom 
QYP Social Media Team