This report forecasts the building and construction industry needs 130,000 additional workers this year to overcome workforce shortages. It takes a closer look at the current state of the building and construction industry, the impact of chronic workforce shortages, and recommends policy measures to relieve the pressure.

This review sought to identify the barriers currently impacting housing supply in New South Wales and the actions needed to address them. The report finds that the cost of building homes has increased significantly since 2018, with barriers including high construction and borrowing costs, capacity constraints in the construction sector, and bottlenecks in the development...

This report presents clear and telling insights into the tensions that exist for the professions in delivering much needed quality residential apartments. The identified pathways to action will strengthen ethical and professional standards in the construction sector, increase accountability and build public trust.

This paper highlights the important relationship between microeconomic conditions and macroeconomic performance, and how business conditions flow on to affect overall economic performance. Twelve key metrics are established to develop an overall ease of doing business score. The twelve metrics are state government policies or state-level indicators that influence or determine a business’ ability to...

This report reveals that at current rates of dwelling completion, Western Australia will fall well short of the National Accord target of 25,000 new dwelling units per year. The report suggests recommendations to address workforce shortages, alongside more efficient use of existing housing stock, increasing the diversity of available housing options in WA, and the...