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Topic: Publications
Easy Labour – Identifying Construction Industry Cost Drivers in Queensland
The Miles Government's Best Practice Industry Conditions (BPIC) sweetheart deal with the CFMEU is inflating costs on Queensland Government mega projects by $1 billion a year and helping to squeeze new home buyers out of the market.
Rampant Miles government spending is keeping inflation high and putting Queensland on unsustainable debt path: new report
Miles Government cost-of-living relief measures are fuelling inflation and forcing Queenslanders to endure higher interest rates for longer.
Faster, Better, More: How to House Australia
Why it takes so long and costs so much to deliver the housing we need – and what we can do about it.
Housing affordability index Q2, 2024
The Q4 2024 Australian housing market saw a rise in both the Repayments Index and the Deposit Index after a brief decrease in the first quarter of the year. Levels are back in line with Q4 2023 and the continued upward general trend recorded in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth more than cancels out the decreases in Canberra, Melbourne and Hobart. Sydney remained unchanged from the previous quarter.
Housing affordability index Q4 2023
It is twice as expensive to repay the purchase of a house now than for most of the last 30 years with that increase occurring in just the last 3 years since Q3 2020.
Housing affordability index Q1, 2024
Median house prices saw little movement across Australia over the first three months of this year, remaining relatively stable across all capital cities, with most movements limited to 0-2%, with the exceptions of Melbourne, where prices declined by just more than 3%, and Perth where prices increased by 5%.
Submission to the Legal and Constitutional Sub-Committee COVID-19 Royal Commission Terms of Reference
The Senate Legal and Constitutional Sub-Committee is conducting an inquiry into appropriate terms of reference for a COVID-19 Royal Commission. We made a submission.
Housing Affordability Index Q3 2023
Overall housing is now twice as unaffordable in terms of repayments, and almost as unaffordable in terms of deposits as it was in the 10 years between 1994 and 2004, which is 100 on our model. Our index for repayments is currently at 209.77 and for deposits at 191.5.
Submission to Commonwealth Government COVID-19 Response Inquiry
The government through the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet is holding an inquiry into the federal government’s COVID-19 Response. The inquiry is wide-ranging, but restricted to the actions of the federal government, or the National Cabinet.
