RLC
Removing rightsizing roadblocks
17/04/2025
Australia is facing an unprecedented crisis: a rapidly ageing population, a chronic housing supply deficit, and a struggling healthcare system.
Campaigns & Submissions
Key Campaigns
National
Election Connection 2025
28/03/2025
We have a pro-investment purpose – to see the benefits of improving our great Australian cities widely shared by all Australians.
NT
NT Property Sector Quarterly Report 01
25/03/2025
The NT Property Sector Quarterly Report offers key data insights into market trends, economic conditions, and emerging opportunities across the Northern Territory.
VIC
Identifying Better Public-Private Partnerships in Precincts
19/03/2025
The Property Council of Australia has released research that identifies better public-private partnership models for precinct delivery in Victoria.
National
Smarter Incentives, More Homes
18/03/2025
New research released a week ahead of the Federal Budget reveals a looming shortfall of almost half a million homes against Australia’s housing target—but bridging the gap could save renters $90 every week, an annual saving of $4,680.
SA
Beyond Reach: The key worker housing crisis in South Australia
17/03/2025
Key workers are priced out of Adelaide’s housing market, new research reveals, with the Property Council calling on the Malinauskas Government to take a razor to new housing development costs.
SAC
Australia’s Student Accommodation Pipeline: Semester 2 2024 Update
12/03/2025
New data released by the Student Accommodation Council and Urbis shows strong growth in the pipeline of purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) across Australia.
National
A pro-cities, pro-investment agenda 2025 Federal election platform
17/02/2025
We have a pro-investment purpose – to see the benefits of improving our great Australian cities widely shared by all Australians.
NSW
NSW Outlook Insights
11/02/2025
Our Outlook Insights capture the key takeaways from the Property Council’s 2025 NSW Outlook Series, a suite of industry events delivering the latest data, trends, and analysis for the year ahead.
VIC
Victoria’s 81,000 lost homes
04/02/2025
The Property Council of Australia’s Victorian Division has released research providing ten years of evidence that Victoria’s tax on international capital does not benefit Victorians.
NSW
Beyond Reach: The essential worker housing crisis in New South Wales
24/11/2024
New research commissioned by the Property Council of Australia shows the full current extent of the housing affordability crisis in Greater Sydney with a particular focus on the impact on essential workers – vital for the ongoing sustainability of our cities.
SAC
Urbis Student Accommodation Benchmarks created in partnership with the Student Accommodation Council
22/11/2024
This new research has revealed student accommodation beds have grown rapidly over the last decade, almost doubling in scale, driven by a shift toward private purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA).
SAC
Beyond the Visa Cap: Why Restricting International Students Won’t Solve Australia’s Housing Crisis
11/11/2024
The Student Accommodation Council’s latest report examines the impact the Government’s proposed international student visa caps will have on Australia’s metropolitan rental markets.
WA
Sky High: What’s really driving high costs and declining infill development
06/11/2024
This report unpacks some of the reasons infill development is falling well short of targets and provides recommendations to the WA Government that are designed to address the current economic barriers to more infill development.
NSW
Precincts Festival – A Week of Insights and Innovation
28/10/2024
The Property Council’s NSW Division Precincts Committee has volunteered their time to produce three pieces of leading industry resources that will help support precinct ideation, development, governance and growth
National
Economic significance of the property industry to the Australian economy
08/10/2024
The Property Council of Australia has commissioned research into the property sector’s economic impact and contribution at a national, state and territory, and local level.
QLD
Time for a Fair Go – How un-Australian taxes are hurting Queenslanders
01/10/2024
The Property Council of Australia’s Queensland Division has released research providing eight years of evidence that Queenslands’s tax on international capital does not benefit Queenslanders.
WA
Levelling Up WA’s Industrial Land Supply
11/09/2024
Industrial land will play a crucial role in the diversification of Western Australia’s economy.
ACT
Seizing the Opportunity for Growth: Foundations for Tomorrow’s Canberra
26/08/2024
The Property Council of Australia has released its Australian Capital Territory 2024 Election Platform, the platform detail 5 key actions for a stronger ACT.
RLC
Retirement ready: national planning report card
16/08/2024
The Retirement Living Council (RLC) has released, Retirement Ready: a national planning report card, which analyses and ranks state-based planning systems and recommends areas for reform.
QLD
Be a Queenslander
17/07/2024
It’s time to be a Queenslander – it’s time for policy makers to make bold and brave actions, that shape the Queensland we all deserve.
QLD
Beyond reach – Going from beyond reach to beyond hope
24/06/2024
The Property Council of Australia has released alarming new research showing housing affordability in Queensland has gone from bad to worse.
NSW
2024-25 NSW Budget Analysis
18/06/2024
The NSW Treasurer’s second Budget responds to the Property Council of Australia’s calls for measures to address the housing supply, affordability and feasibility crisis.
NSW
Release the pressure: Alleviating taxes and charges to build new homes
12/06/2024
This report examines the impact of taxes and charges on residential development feasibility in two locations, which ‘traditionally’ have been strong contributors to new housing in Sydney.
SA
Land Locked: The economic potential of unlocking Adelaide’s industrial land supply
23/05/2024
Industrial and employment lands accommodate the buildings where we work, manufacture, receive, store, and distribute goods. This report seeks to highlight both the value and contribution this asset class makes to South Australia.
TAS
Unlocking Affordable Housing
09/05/2024
This paper presents an assessment of alternative mechanisms that Government can consider in supporting the delivery of new affordable rental accommodation – particularly over the short to medium term – to take pressure off the broader housing market. The Paper also examines how the Tasmanian Government can work with the private investor market to accelerate the supply of affordable rental accommodation.
National
Guide to Social and Indigenous procurement
29/04/2024
The Guide provides practical advice to businesses looking to extend their social impact through their procurement choices and show cases the significant work already underway through a series of case studies.
SAC
Myth busting international students’ role in the rental crisis
26/04/2024
In this landmark report released by the Student Accommodation Council it has been revealed that international students are not the cause of the housing crisis – making up only four per cent of Australia’s rental market Australia wide.
WA
Yes In My Backyard: Changing mindsets on the pathway to housing abundance
24/04/2024
Western Australia has fallen behind in the delivery of new homes, and the shortfall is set to increase by a further 25,000 homes by the end of 2027.
Overcoming this challenge is going to need the collective effort of the entire WA community – the state government and private sector can’t do it alone.
We must be unequivocal, housing is a community problem, and it requires a community solution. An overhaul in thinking is needed to help us deliver the homes needed to house every West Australian.
National
Prosperity Through Property: A roadmap to unleashing Western Australia’s potential
27/03/2024
West Australians will confront unprecedented economic and social circumstances as they head to the polls for the 2025 state election.
National
Human Rights and Modern Slavery
24/03/2024
The Property Council of Australia, in partnership with Edge Impact, has launched a ground-breaking new resource the ‘Pathway to Respecting Human Rights and Addressing Modern Slavery Risks’.
RLC
Shared Care
01/03/2024
The Retirement Living Council presents this important report and commend it to industry, consumers and governments around Australia: Shared Care.
National
Federal Pre-Budget 2024-25 Submission
21/02/2024
Beyond a twentieth century tax system, the greatest economic and social cohesion challenge Australia faces is the delivery of affordable new homes for renters and purchasers as well adequate supply for those who rely on government housing support.
National
The value of goods through Australia’s industrial assets
20/02/2024
A new report has shone a light on the importance of property’s workhorse assets – industrial properties – revealing a staggering $1.2 trillion worth of goods flow through Australia’s ‘big sheds’ every year.
National
Build to Rent Housing Advice: Affordable Housing Modelling Assessment
30/01/2024
In this report commissioned by the Property Council of Australia, EY shows lowering the managed investment trust (MIT) withholding tax rate to 10 per cent for build-to-rent projects with an affordable housing component could accelerate the building of 10,000 affordable homes over 10 years.
National
Every Building Counts 2023 Edition
10/12/2023
Every Building Counts, jointly developed by the Property Council of Australia and Green Building Council of Australia, sets out policy recommendations which provide a roadmap for governments towards a greener, healthier, more equitable built environment. Every Building Counts – For State & Territory Governments edition has now been released, offering eight key policy recommendations.
WA
Property Council WA Pre-Budget Submission for 2024/25 State Budget
04/12/2023
The Property Council WA is pleased to submit recommendations for the 2024/25 State Budget.
RLC
Better Housing for Better Health
25/11/2023
The Retirement Living Council has released the Better Housing for Better Health report, which outlines the industry’s contribution to housing, healthcare and the 250,000 people who live in age-friendly communities
NSW
2023-24 NSW Budget Analysis
19/09/2023
Earlier today, Daniel Mookhey handed down his first Budget as NSW Treasurer, laying out the economic and fiscal plans for the state.
NSW
NSW Housing Summit Outcomes Report
18/09/2023
Outcomes from the Property Council of Australia and The McKell Institute NSW Housing Summit.
National
Carbon offsets, Last but not later: A framework for the environmental integrity of offsets in the property sector
26/07/2023
The framework identifies a limited and declining role for offsets in the property sector with a ‘last, but not later’ approach. This means that offsets should be used last in a hierarchy of measures to reduce emissions in the built environment, but that they should be implemented without delays.
National
A new form of housing supply for Australia: build-to-rent housing
06/04/2023
In this report commissioned by the Property Council of Australia, EY considers that the emerging build-to-rent sector is a component of the solution in offering a diversity of housing at scale and at velocity, to alleviate Australia’s housing crisis.
NSW
Red Book: NSW’s Labor Election Commitments
03/04/2023
After 12 years in Opposition, the NSW Labor Party, led by Chris Minns, has formed a government, following a win at the state election.
National
A stark reality
08/02/2023
Part One in a thought leadership series on housing choice and affordability for a growing Australia.
QLD
Social Infrastructure Health and Education as an Asset Class within SEQ
10/01/2023
This report examines health and education sectors in South East Queensland as leading contributors to our
social infrastructure.
NSW
2023 NSW Election Platform
25/11/2022
NSW needs a plan for our state’s long-term future. The Property Council of Australia has devised one. It is not just an aspirational plan for the future of NSW – but a plan to deliver it.
SAC
The Unsung Hero Underpinning Australia’s Largest Service Export
10/11/2022
Launched in November 2022, this report was the first time that the scale, supply and economic impact of the purpose-built student accommodation sector had been tracked in its entirety Australia wide.
QLD
Queensland interstate land tax
30/09/2022
In December 2021, the Property Council launched a campaign in response to the Queensland Government’s announcement of a new ‘land tax adjustment’ for property ownership in Queensland.
QLD
A home for every Queenslander
08/09/2022
A home for every Queenslander is a position paper we released in September 2022 to highlight the housing affordability crisis unfolding in Queensland, and to help safeguard access to quality homes for all Queenslanders.
QLD
#whynotperth?
07/09/2022
#whynotperth? was a campaign launched by the Property Council in September 2022 to attract skilled talent to Western Australia to help address critical worker shortages plaguing the industry.
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