Victoria establishes taskforce to fast-track flammable cladding probe
Architect and former premier Ted Baillieu will head up the new Victorian Cladding Taskforce, which has been established to investigate how widely flammable cladding has been used on Victorian high-rise buildings.
Vic government introduces new laws to protect Yarra River
New Victorian legislation identifies the Yarra River and the land it flows through as one living, integrated entity, the first time in Australia such a declaration has been made.
Federal government should reconsider changes to investment deductions, says REIA
Changes proposed by the federal government mean that an investor who owns a commercial investment property can claim travel costs for their annual site inspection, but a residential property investor can not.
The NSW government is set to consider allowing development applications over a certain size to be automatically deferred to independent planning panels.
‘Long overdue’ WA strata title reform welcomed by industry leaders
Leading industry bodies, including the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia, have welcomed the Western Australian State Cabinet's decision to continue with strata title reforms.
For every property they are marketing, Victorian agents must now provide a fact sheet with comparable sales, median prices, and estimated sale price, under new underquoting laws that come in today.
Moves afoot to ban NSW real estate agents, developers from local councils
Many residents of NSW are surprised to find that real estate agents and property developers are still allowed on local councils, says NSW shadow minister for local government, Peter Primrose.
