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This year, HIA’s National Policy Congress was fortunate to meet together face to face in Canberra, despite the ongoing impact of COVID-19. This gave members time to share and reconnect after what has been a tumultuous 12 months.
The successful Congress took place in early May. One of the highlights was the announcement of HIA’s new National President, Alwyn Even, and National Vice-president Debbie Johnson.
Consensus takes commitment
As a national association, one of HIA’s biggest strengths is debating and achieving consensus about how HIA should approach the policy issues that matter most to members.
HIA’s policies are developed through a process that engages more than 1000 members each year. Each regional executive committee and the regional service committees spend time before Congress considering the issues of the day. The National Board of Directors along with the national service committees supplement the process providing a national overview of each issue before they reach National Policy Congress.
The time and energy given by our members through this process underpin HIA’s advocacy with governments in the years ahead. It also ensures our positions are well considered and can be represented as a national position.
Setting our 5-year policy priorities
In the past decade, HIA’s advocacy has been guided by two Strategic Policy Plans, each spanning five years.
Work to develop a new set of priorities to guide the Association for the next five years began earlier this year. The Board, along with regional and national committees, has provided input, and a final set of priorities and goals were presented to the Congress in May.
Congress endorsed 8 Policy Priorities for 2021–25:
1. Housing matters – addressing home ownership and housing demand issues
2. Improve housing affordability – addressing planning and land supply issues
3. Deliver a quality and compliant product – addressing standards and construction matters
4. Let business do business – addressing business compliance and red tape issues
5. Keep our people safe – addressing safety rules and onsite safety issues
6. Build careers for the future – which covers industry skills and training issues
7. Build a credible and trusted industry – provides a space to call out industry leadership opportunities
8. The voice of the residential building industry – which covers HIA’s advocacy and engagement role.
Congress also noted the proposed goals and objectives set out to achieve progress on each Policy Priority.
More information
For more information on federal budget 2021-22, visit www.hia.com.au