WAToday The Urban Development Institute of WA has called for the foreign buyers scheme to be scrapped and for the state government to make the off-the-plan duty rebate scheme permanent and extend it to apartment projects under construction. The scheme currently provides a 100 per cent rebate for residential apartments in multi-storey developments valued below […]
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WITH THE LIBERAL NATIONAL GOVERNMENT RECEIVING A VOTE OF ENCOURAGEMENT IN WA ON THE WEEKEND, THE TIME HAS COME TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT IMPROVING THE INTEGRATION OF PLANNING BETWEEN STATE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND BETWEEN LAYERS OF GOVERNMENT The recent announcement of a comprehensive review of state development laws in South Australia prompted comments by State […]
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The West Australian WA will finally introduce mandatory building inspections as part of moves to clean up the construction industry — but the changes will not come into effect until 2026 at the earliest. Even then, only high-rise apartments and commercial builds will be captured by the first tranche of legislation, with single residential homes […]
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