The upcoming Australian Government's Economic Reform Roundtable is a significant opportunity to address the barriers holding back the building and construction industry, and with it, Australia’s housing supply. The industry is constrained by outdated systems, inconsistent regulation and severe skill shortages. This paper outlines the reforms the industry believes are essential.

The impact of a changing climate on Victoria’s built environment is clear. This final report of an inquiry into climate resilience in Victoria considered the main risks facing Victoria’s built environment and infrastructure, how the Victorian Government is preparing for and mitigating these impacts of climate change, the barriers faced and what more could be...

This research analysed four decades of planning workforce and housing delivery data to expose the crisis facing Australia's planning system. Red tape has created a productivity crisis that more planners can't fix. To solve this complex problem, it is necessary to examine not only planner supply, but also planner demand.

This paper discusses some of the major economic challenges facing the re-elected Australian Government: budget repair, fiscal reform, productivity growth and housing. It finds that many of the government's fiscal and policy problems are unlikely to resolve without decisive reform. The paper argues that the government must now take fiscal discipline, productivity growth and housing...

A shovel-ready guide for the next government to fix the housing crisis. It calls on the federal government to re-engage in land use regulation and sets out six recommendations. It's signature ask is for a National Townhouse Accord, a National Cabinet brought together to liberalise planning restrictions and make townhouses legal to build throughout Australia.