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This Planning in Focus session is designed to equip Urban Planners and Local and State Government planning practitioners with a clear, practical understanding of their legal obligations in relation to Aboriginal heritage in South Australia.
Especially developed for South Australian Accredited Professionals, the PIA SA CPD Top Up Series is applicable to all planners, offering a series of expert-led sessions to help navigate South Australia’s planning system. A convenient way to accumulate 8.5 CPD points, the sessions cover the following mandatory Accredited Professional topics: performance based planning, decision making in development assessment, legislative compliance governance, and ethics in planning.
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Now live! Take a look at our amazing lineup of presenters, featuring some proven favourites and some impressive newcomers. Delivered as a collection of short, focused seminars, the series provides practical, court-informed solutions to enhance your professional toolkit—all conveniently accessible over lunch from your own space. Register now at our special discounted bundle rate - all 8 sessions for the price of 7!
Join us for this annual full-day PLANET held at the South Australian Country Fire Service (CFS) State Headquarters in Keswick. Designed for planners at all career stages, this immersive course strengthens expertise in integrating bushfire risk management with land-use planning. Participants gain hands-on exposure to firefighting equipment, as well as a VR bushfire experience developed by the University of South Australia and CFS.
Applications are open for this popular members-only program. Apply now!
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Discover the South Australia Emerging Planners Network
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01
Jan
2026
12:00 am - 12:00 am
Online
Series
PIA SA CPD Top Up Series
Especially developed for South Australian Accredited Professionals, this series is applicable to all planners and is a convenient way to accumulate 8.5 CPD points.
RSVP Date: 31-December-2026
12:30 pm
2026 SA Legal Lunchtime Series | Full Series Bundle
The 2026 PIA SA Legal Lunchtime Series is now live! Take a look at our amazing lineup of presenters, featuring some proven favourites and some impressive newcomers. Delivered as a collection of short, focused seminars, the series provides p....
12
Mar
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
PIA PlanTech Briefing - FULL SERIES
The PIA PlanTech Briefing Series for 2026 connects PIA’s recently launched PIA PlanTech Core Competencies document with real tools and technologies shaping planning practice today. Each session brings together a practitioner grounded in pla....
RSVP Date: 30-November-2026
14
Apr
12:00 pm
2026 Women in Planning SERIES
Join us in this revamped national series, designed to connect, support and elevate women in planning.
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2 Jun
Awards | National
It was an honour to present John Brockhoff RPIA (Life Fellow) with a Life Fellowship during the 2026 PIA National Awards ceremony at Planning Congress last month, in front of a room filled with planning peers and colleagues from across the country.
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29 May
National | On the Advocacy Front
A fortnightly snapshot of our advocacy work on behalf of Australian planners. Week ending 29 May 2026.
Housing | National | Strategic and Settlement Planning
The State of Australian Cities (SoAC) 2024 Report has finally been made public following a freedom of information request. The Report provides a comprehensive overview of the patterns, trends and drivers which are shaping are 20 largest cities.
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01/06/2026
Planning for Data Centres - A practical guide for Australian planners
28/05/2026
PIA welcomes the Committee’s continued examination of these issues and the opportunity to provide further detail on the role that integrated planning and coordinated long-term growth management must play in improving housing supply, and liveability.
28/04/2026
PIA thanks the Senate Committee for the invitation to make a submission to the inquiry into the management of defence estate assets.
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Phone: 08 8337 8816 Address: PO Box 43, Elizabeth SA 5112 [email protected]
State Manager: Jane Strange RPIA State President: Cate Hart RPIA (Life Fellow) Emerging Planner Representative: Ken Tam PIA (Assoc.) Women in Planning Representatives: Eleni Kiamos MPIA