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In a win for HIA members, the NSW Government announced that it has deferred proposals for a single standalone Building Act in NSW. Instead, the NSW Government will pursue a more measured and targeted set of changes designed to support recent planning reforms and increase productivity ahead of any consolidation of building legislation.
HIA strongly opposed the proposed Building Bill because of the scale of the changes, potential impacts on industry, inadequate consultation and lack of detail. This change in approach is welcomed and is a significant win for members and the advocacy efforts of HIA.
The new, more modest ‘Building Productivity Reforms’ will instead make amendments to existing legislative instruments to:
- Create a clearer framework for modular and prefabricated buildings,
- Streamline building certification,
- Remove duplication between building and planning legislation,
- Enhance certifier accountability and conflict of interest provisions, and
- Digitise certificates of trade work, including for plumbing and electrical trades.
Proposals from the Building Bill relating to licensing, contracts, insurance and compliance and enforcement are not proceeding at this time.
Consultation on the revised ‘Building Productivity Reforms’ is expected to occur early in 2026 before the Draft Bill is presented to Parliament. HIA will continue to be actively involved in the development of the revised Bill. View a copy of the NSW Government’s media release.
Brad Armitage
Executive Director
New South Wales
HIA welcomes TasWater charge backdown
The Housing Industry Association (HIA) has welcomed the Tasmanian Economic Regulator’s decision to rein in TasWater’s proposed increases to headworks charges, saying the final outcome is far better for builders, developers and home buyers than what was originally put forward.
National Housing Supply Council gets the diagnosis right, but misses the mark on solutions
Australia does not suffer from a lack of ideas on housing policy, but from a pattern of choosing policy settings that work against each other, according to the Housing Industry Association.
National Housing Supply Council gets the diagnosis right but misses the mark on solutions
Australia doesn’t have a housing policy problem because we lack ideas. We have a housing policy problem because we keep choosing the wrong ones.
Sensible NT government building code pause
The Housing Industry Association (HIA) welcomes the NT government decision not to rush changes into force for the National Construction Code (NCC) at this time.
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