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Industry Issues 05-09-24
From the CEO The media love a headline and the latest Building Approvals data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) proved excellent fodder this week in the context of the ongoing housing…
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Industry Issues 29-08-24
From the CEO Even a fool is wise after the event. Whilst hindsight is a wonderful thing, it is fascinating how many lessons learnt are not then acted upon to avoid repeating mistakes…
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Industry Issues 22-08-24
From the CEO Sheep, an apology from Albo, death threats to Ministers, domestic violence. Oh and housing. All in a days work for the Premier responding to the press pack this morning as…
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Industry Issues 15-08-2024
From the CEO “Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work”. Peter Drucker. Tomorrow, UDIA is hosting its Industry Luncheon to discuss the new draft National Urban Policy put out by…
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Industry Issues 08-08-2024
From the CEO Could be better, could be worse. That’s the response I used to get every time I asked my grandmother-in-law how she was. It’s quite an apt response to many issues…
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Industry Issues 01-08-2024
From the CEO The UDIA WA office has been a hive of activity this week with all of our Operational Committees meeting, and with judging for the Awards for Excellence projects now in…
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Industry Issues 25-07-2024
From the CEO “Unjust and undemocratic”. No, that quote is not about the United States election approach in a Trump VS Biden now VS Harris (maybe) election. This is how a ‘vocal group of…
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Industry Issues 18-07-2024
Industry Issues 18-07-2024 From the CEO As an industry, we are well versed in the challenges that are impacting on our ability to deliver sufficient housing supply to the market, and the knock-on…
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Industry Issues 11-07-2024
From the CEO I no longer have a spare bedroom. About 18 months ago, we ‘downsized’ from a four bedroom property in one of those ‘urban sprawl’ suburbs to a three bedroom property…
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Industry Issues 04-07-2024
From the CEO This week, UDIA WA welcomed the State Government announcement regarding 10,000 skilled migration places that focus on the construction sector, as a step in the right direction in addressing the…
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Industry Issues 27-06-2024
From the CEO A lot can happen in 930 days. Even more in 1,154 days. Except if you are certain local councils it seems. Despite 300 pages of additional information and over 50…
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Industry Issues 20-06-2024
From the CEO ‘Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time the quo has lost its status’. Back in 1969, Laurence J. Peter wrote about The Peter Principle – a concept he…