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20 September 2011
Mandatory disclosure will not necessarily influence purchase and/or rent decisions.
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26 May 2011
There is no obligation on the NBN Co to respond to requests for the issue of a statement about the non-installation of optical fibre lines. Even if a statement is formally refused, the NBN Co is still not compelled to actually deliver an optical fibre line.File Size:
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24 May 2011
The structure and performance of the Australian retail industry is adversely impacted by planning and zoning laws.File Size:
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07 May 2011
The forthcoming National Urban Policy should be an opportunity to fix our cities once and for all, with a strong program of Commonwealth infrastructure investment and the microeconomic reform of Australias tired land use planning lawsFile Size:
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27 April 2011
We think it would be a serious mistake to impose punitive taxes on people investing in more than one rental property. Such a policy would cripple Australias supply of new housing and have severe economic impacts.File Size:
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25 March 2011
Much of the debate on urban transport focuses on public transport alone, without also considering the new roads that are essential to keep freight freely moving. As most businesses cannot be located at the end of a rail line, roads play a key role in any freight movement system. A freight strategy will provide an opportunity to highlight the strong need for motorway investment within our major cities.File Size:
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12 January 2011
The Urban Taskforce has never supported a national policy merely for the sake of having something that's national. Our support for any policy has always been conditional on: ¢ the policy not being harmful to urban development; and ¢ the policy adding something concrete and positive to the urban development process (in terms of significant federal funding for urban infrastructure or reduced red tape).File Size:
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08 December 2010
The notion that environmental considerations should always trump social and economic concerns has been popular with green pressure groups and some policy-makers for many years. Occasionally, the stars align for these groups, and legislation is enacted that compels governments to ignore the non-environmental consequences when they make decisions. Its a problem with some threatened species laws and it has clearly become a problem with the administration of the federal Water Act.File Size:
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30 November 2010
Australian urban development has been stalling because of a serious reduction in the availability for finance to property developers.File Size:
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12 November 2010
Where there are planning rules that limit the discretion of decision-makers to refuse development, and in particular limit the ability of decision-makers to make rules or refuse development by reference to public opinion, the need for political involvement is reduced.However, there will always be a need to allow for departures from pre-determined planning controls to embrace innovative development, overcome obsolete rules or respond to unanticipated community needs. Any system must cater to this, and at times, decisions to vary rules will need to be made by state politicians as representatives of the community.
