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Share your feedback on Planning Scheme Regulations for EPA referrals
The Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (DWER) is seeking stakeholder feedback on draft planning regulations and a discussion paper relating to referral of planning schemes to the EPA. The proposed regulations are intended…
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Industry issues 02-3-2023
From the CEO Hindsight is a wonderful thing. In May 2020, UDIA WA released a media statement from which I quote: UDIA WA is calling for the Premier to use the National Cabinet…
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Industry Issues 23-02-23
From the CEO “Ogres are like onions.” Shrek is not just one of my all-time favourite family movies but a remarkable reflection of many aspects of humanity. Premier Mark McGowan yesterday remarked that…
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Industry Issues 16-02-23
From the CEO I was fortunate to listen to a chap called Chris Riddell this morning at a breakfast hosted by RAC WA. Chris is a human futurist, who took the audience on…
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Industry Issues 09-02-23
From the CEO An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. Never a truer word spoken by Benjamin Franklin on a number of fronts. First, you are likely to get a far better…
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Industry Issues 02-02-23
From the CEO Whilst I don’t like to identify as a sheep, I couldn’t help but follow the crowd and check out just how smart Chat GPT really is. So I typed in…
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Industry Issues 25-01-23
From the CEO Today’s release of higher than expected inflation figures have all but guaranteed another interest rate rise when the RBA meets in February. This quarter will be one to watch as…
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Industry Issues 19-01-23
From the CEO Welcome to our first edition of Urban Express for 2023! As our members start to trickle back from what was hopefully a restful summer break for many, here at UDIA…
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Industry Issues 15-12-22
From the CEO Christmas and the end of the calendar year is a time of reflection, giving & gratitude. Looking back over 2022, there is much to be proud of and thankful for…
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Industry Issues 8-12-22
From the CEO The rumour mill has been running hot over the last few weeks with speculation around what a Christmas WA Cabinet reshuffle might look like. With Alannah MacTiernan retiring, her portfolio…
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UDIA National Advocacy Alert
On 25 November UDIA President Maxwell Shiffman attended the Treasurer’s Investor Roundtable on Housing investment in Sydney. During the roundtable UDIA raised that: to successfully close the affordable housing gap, we will need…
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Industry issues 01-12-22
From the CEO Productivity. Sustainability. Liveability. These are the three core focus areas of the Albanese Government that we discussed this week in Canberra when we met with the Prime Minister’s senior advisors…