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National

Human Rights and Modern Slavery

12/06/2025

In 2024, the Property Council of Australia, in collaboration with Edge Impact, launched the ‘Pathway to Respecting Human Rights and Addressing Modern Slavery Risks’. This initiative, developed by our Human Rights and Modern Slavery Working Group, provides ten practical steps for businesses in the property and construction industry to respect human rights and combat modern slavery. Now, we’re excited to introduce the next phase: ‘Impact Metrics for Addressing Modern Slavery in Property and Construction’. This guide helps organisations measure the real-world impact of their actions, transforming good intentions into measurable progress.

VIC

Legislative Council Select Committee on Victoria Planning Provisions Amendments VC257, VC267 and VC274

28/04/2025

The Property Council’s submission confirms that the industry, while dealing with significant taxation and economic challenges, requires the expedited planning outcomes all three planning scheme amendments enable.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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