Housing affordability and tax reform have shaped up to be two of the defining issues this election. The Property Council of Australia – which describes itself as “the Voice of Leadership” – has helped frame the debate on behalf of its 2200 company members. The financial stakes are high when it comes to lobbying for...

This report documents the establishment of the beginnings of an open access data system that would enable analysis and visualization of headline indicators for the Australian housing market and policy space.

This paper examines the issue of stakeholders and interest groups during the planning policy-making process, with reference to recent planning reforms in the state of New South Wales (NSW).

This paper goes beneath the quantitative analysis of regulatory difference to understand qualitatively how different planning settings might affect residential development decisions and patterns of new housing supply in four metropolitan regions.

This paper examines the tension between urban policy and reform at all levels of Australian government, with reference to the alignment, or misalignment, of urban policy aspirations and reform to regulatory systems and processes.