Season 2, Episode 1 – Sara Stace
Season 2, Episode 1
With Sara Stace

Sara Stace is a dynamic force of nature who will never die wondering what might have happened if she gave something a try!
After graduating as both an Architect and Urban Designer, Sara initially worked in these professions both within Australia and abroad.
Sara is a city shaper and innovator on cities, land use, urban transport and economics. She’s worked in federal, state and local governments, and the private sector, for 30 years. Sara is currently on the board and treasurer of the World Cycling Alliance, President of Better Streets Australia, and has served on many other boards across both the government and advocacy sectors. Sara has co-authored over 30 publications and policy papers for the United Nations, Australian Government and others.
You can see more about the World Cycling Alliance here.
You can see more about Better Streets here.
Better Streets is running a campaign leading up to the 2025 Australian federal election. They have a list of five clear ‘asks’ and have built a coalition of companies and not for profit organisations that have endorsed this campaign. At the time of writing this there were about 100 organisations signed on, but Better Streets is still looking for more to join. You can see the full list of coalition members here.
Sara has comprehensive background information and regularly posts on her LinkedIn page here. In that page, you will see that just after recording the Squeaky Wheel podcast with us, Sara announced on 6th Febe 2025 that she’s cofounding a new consultancy called Vivendi Cities.
Sara refers to Infrastructure Australia mid-way through our conversation and mentions that she was not sure of the minimum project value threshold before projects must be assessed by them. It is $250 million.
