Scott Ludlam (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 3 August 2012:

With reference to the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Housing Reform Agenda and Timeline [Attachment B, COAG Communiqué April 2010] where it was agreed that the Housing Supply and Affordability Reform Working Party would report to COAG on 12 key aspects of housing demand and supply:

(1) What is the status to date, for each of the following reports requested on the housing supply pipeline, and when will each be released publicly:

(a) the potential to reform land aggregation, zoning and planning processes and governance, including assessing and leveraging the work of housing and planning ministers and the Business Regulation and Competition Working Group (due mid 2010);

(b) nationally consistent principles for housing development infrastructure charges (due mid 2010);

(c) the merits of measures to ensure greater consistency across jurisdictions, including local governments' planning approval processes, in the application of building regulations (due mid 2010);

(d) the impacts of titling systems, such as residential strata title arrangements, on the housing supply market (due end 2010);

(e) the efficiency and effectiveness of housing supply/land release targets (due end 2010);

(f) whether strategic planning requirements for cities should be extended to other high growth/large population regions across the country (due mid 2011); and

(g) extending the land audit work to examine 'under utilised' land and to examine private holdings of large parcels of land (due mid 2010).

(2) What is the status to date for each of the following reports requested on government policies that may act as barriers to supply or that stimulate demand and when will each be released publicly:

(a) the impact of the First Home Owners Scheme (due end 2010);

(b) Commonwealth policies that impact the housing market (due end 2010);

(c) the impact of both Commonwealth and state energy efficiency regulations and environmental acts, including the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, on house prices (due end 2010);

(d) the impact of both supply and demand side affordable housing initiatives, such as inclusionary zoning, dwelling mix and distribution of lot sizes, on the housing market (due mid 2011); and

(e) relevant Commonwealth and state taxation settings, with timeline to be dependent on the Commonwealth Government's response to Australia's Future Tax System.

(3) Will a formal response from COAG be provided to these reports; if so, when will this occur.

Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Treasurer has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:

(1) All of the listed items were examined in the Housing Supply and Affordability Reform (HSAR) Working Party's Final Housing Supply and Affordability Reform Report (the report). The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) publicly released the report on 30 August 2012.

(2) All of the listed items were examined in the report. COAG publicly released the report on 30 August 2012.

(3) COAG has agreed to the report's recommendations.