The way infrastructure, facilities and public spaces are designed, built and maintained has a significant impact on the way people perceive and access these spaces.
Planning policies and processes can unintentionally exclude or discriminate against groups in our community and can ignore the fact that women and men, and people who experience discrimination and inequality, often use and perceive public spaces differently.
All levels of government, as well as organisations that contribute to planning and development and the maintenance of local public spaces and facilities, have a role to play.