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Smart Cities Down Under Report: Performance of Australian Local Government 2020

6 February 2020

This is a recent report launched by QUT with a Smart City index for local governments across Australia.

On page 21 they discuss the index and indicators, including social, environmental, economic and governance indicators.

City of Casey is positioned in the middle of the spectrum in the ‘following’ section (on page 28). The three sections for local governments are leading, following and developing. North Sydney came up as the top local government with NSW and ACT in the top 9 spots.

Inner city suburbs performed better on the index, which may be due to the indicators rather than actual smart city capability and performance.

Keen for thoughts about the indicators in the report that you think work and don't work for measuring smart cities.