THE WEST AUSTRALIAN Two powerful property industry lobby groups are backing State Opposition plans to block the introduction of a foreign buyer tax on residential property. The Urban Development Institute of Australia WA and Property Council of Australia WA have accused the Treasurer of jeopardising the State’s fragile property recovery. At 2.1 per cent, WA, […]
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Business News John Carey said developers resistant to social and affordable housing must “change their narrative” by playing their part in addressing a critical shortage in housing supply. Western Australia’s Minister for Lands, Housing, Homelessness and local government told an Urban Development Institute of Australia WA event today there was a stigma around homeless and socially disadvantaged residents […]
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UNCERTAIN DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES HAVE A MEASURABLE EFFECT ON DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES. THIS ARTICLE DETAILS ONE EXAMPLE OF SUCH UNCERTAIN PROCESSES. We are often contacted by readers of this column and the recent five page letter outlining the eighteen year history of a rezoning application is a story worth telling. The story starts back in 1994 when […]
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