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Tag Archives: heritage
Imperative to avoid bad policy measures like super increase which would set back recovery
Prime Minister Scott Morrison is right to consider delaying the legislated increase in the 9.5% superannuation guarantee rate, which is scheduled to start increasing by half a percentage point each year from 1 July 2021 until it gets to 12%. … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane, Macroeconomy
Tagged australia, buildingindustry, consumption, economy, heritage, investment, profits, super, superannuation, wages
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South Brisbane & South Townsville top Qld in building approvals so far in 2017-18
In my last post, I considered the Queensland construction industry outlook. In today’s post, I take advantage of new data on building approvals at the small area level (ABS SA2 regions) for 2017-18 so far released by the ABS yesterday. … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane, Housing, Townsville, Uncategorized
Tagged abs, act, bcc, brisbane, brisbanecitycouncil, buildingapprovals, heritage, heritageprotection, hfe, housing, landtax, nqstadium, qldtreasury, queenslanders, stampduty, townsville
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Still lots of room to boost population density in Brisbane
The vexed issue of heritage protection is in the news again, with controversy over the development of two apartment blocks behind the 1886 Clayfield heritage home Mundumburrah”, which will be raised and brought forward on its lot to accommodate the … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, Uncategorized
Tagged abs, bcc, brisbane, clayfield, heritage, housing, newfarm, populationdensity, queenslanders
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Grattan book City Limits highlights problems with current planning and transport policies
Jane Frances-Kelly and Paul Donegan, formerly and currently of the Grattan Institute respectively, had an excellent book published earlier this month called City Limits, which argues strongly for cutting red tape from town planning processes, introducing congestion charging for roads, … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, Tax, Transport
Tagged congestioncharging, congestionpricing, grattan, heritage, heritageprotection, housing, landtax, planning, queensland, stampduty, transport, zoning
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State & local govts need to allow development to boost housing supply – Gap mega-suburb would be a good start
Now that likely future PM Malcolm Turnbull has highlighted the “big supply side issue” in Australia’s housing market (see yesterday’s Australian), it would be timely for State and local governments around Australia to review their regulations and charges, which many … Continue reading
Posted in Housing
Tagged bcc, brisbane, developercharges, development, gap, heritage, hia, milton, newstead, qld, queensland, queenslanders
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Local government regulatory reform process fails to stop silly heritage listings in Townsville
In its report on cutting red tape last year, the Queensland Competition Authority noted that “the Government will consult with local government in late 2013 on a regulatory reform program for local governments.” This consultation obviously didn’t achieve much, because … Continue reading
Heritage protection imposing high costs
The head of the Financial Stability Department at the Reserve Bank of Australia, Luci Ellis, delivered an excellent speech last week on Space and Stability: Some reflections on the Housing-Finance System. In the speech she observed: The cumulation of individual … Continue reading
Posted in Housing
Tagged australia, brisbane, heritage, houseprices, housing, queenslanders, rba
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Senate inquiry should consider impact of heritage protection on housing affordability
I was pleased to see the Queensland Government note, in its submission (available on the submissions page) to the Federal Senate Inquiry into Affordable Housing in Australia, that “local government must be more responsive and flexible if improved housing affordability is to … Continue reading
Posted in Housing
Tagged 612abcbrisbane, abc, brisbane, heritage, heritageprotection, housing, qld, queensland, queenslanders
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Rent auctions linked to constraints on inner city development
A story in mX yesterday afternoon highlighted an unnecessary law against so-called rent auctions: Brisbane’s rental squeeze is forcing prospective tenants to offer landlords extra cash to secure a place to live. As competition for properties in the inner city … Continue reading
Posted in Housing
Tagged brisbane, heritage, qld, queensland, queenslanders, rentalproperties, rentauctions, rents
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Where is residential development occurring in the Brisbane metro area?
Every month the ABS releases new data on residential building approvals for Level 2 Statistical Areas (SA2s), which broadly correspond to suburbs, at least in the major cities. I’ve mapped the number of approvals for suburbs in the Brisbane metropolitan … Continue reading