Home Governance and planning Governance and planning The regulation and long term strategic planning for cities across local, state and Federal government and multiple agencies. The regulation and long term strategic planning for cities across local, state and Federal government and multiple agencies Australia’s cities are subject to multiple levels of government, with responsibilities and roles divided between the Federal, state or territory and local governments. Within those tiers of government, cities policies are spread between, and sometimes overlap across separate departments of planning, infrastructure, transport, housing and community services. The governance of Australia’s cities occurs across the three levels of government in collaboration with other non-government agencies. Read the full brief News and Briefs news and briefs addressing the urban governance arrangements for Australian cities. publications research on urban governance across local, state and territory, Federal government and infrastructure bodies.