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HIA housing roundtable hits Hunter seat of Paterson
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Chaired by Simon Croft, HIA Chief Executive, Industry & Policy, the event brought together members and stakeholders, along with Senator Andrew Bragg – Shadow Assistant Minister for Home Ownership, Maria Kovacic, Liberal Senator for New South Wales and the Liberal candidate for the seat of Paterson, Laurence Antcliff.
“Attendees were candid in their discussions, highlighting areas where a future federal government can support the residential building industry. There was a strong focus on both supply and demand matters that are affecting housing affordability,” Mr Jennion said.
“Pleasingly attendees didn’t hold back, and it is clear that there is much that a future federal government can and must do to support the industry to build the volume of housing that the Hunter desperately needs.
“Builders highlighted four key issues that must be addressed that would keep home ownership within reach of everyday Australians. This included:
Addressing the industries chronic skills shortages;
Fast-tracking build ready land and investment in roads, sewers, electricity and water to make this happen;
Cutting the myriad and ever increasing regulatory red tape being embedded on builders; and
Improving financial settings for home ownership to support all Australians into housing.
“HIA today outlined our 2025 federal election campaign titled Let’s Build which goes to the heart of these issues. It advocates for increased support for residential builders, addressing the two decade long workforce issues and putting a pause on further red and green tape which is driving up home building costs.
“Key to addressing the housing crisis, involves all levels of governments making housing in all forms and in all locations a national priority and our election campaign calls on all political parties in this upcoming election to make this commitment and implement long terms reforms to achieve this objective,” concluded Mr Jennion.
For more information please contact:
Craig Jennion
Executive Director - Hunter
P: (02) 4014 2000
For social media commentary from Craig Jennion: HIA Hunter Twitter
M: 0414 872 090
E: c.jennion@hia.com.au
North Queensland needs to do its share of home building
“The improvement in home building activity expected across the nation this year is already underway up and down the Queensland coast,” stated HIA Executive Director, Peter Fry.
ACT continues to languish in national housing rankings
“The Australian Capital Territory remains near the bottom of the national housing league table, staying at seventh place in HIA’s latest Housing Scorecard,” stated HIA ACT & Southern NSW Executive Director, Greg Weller.
Land prices accelerated in 2024
“The median price of residential land sold increased by 2.6 per cent nationally in the final quarter of 2024, to a new record high $369,530,” stated HIA Senior Economist Tom Devitt.
Increase to minimum wages from 1 July
The Fair Work Commission handed down its annual minimum wage decision, awarding a 3.5 per cent increase to the national minimum wage and modern award minimum wages.