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Budget to modernise environmental approval framework

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
... million to modernise Australia's environmental approvals framework, with industry groups arguing the reforms could help ease housing supply constraints by reducing delays and duplication across the planning system. Housing Industry Association (HIA) ...

Wesfarmers partners for affordable housing venture

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
Built Group and Wesfarmers have formed a 50:50 joint venture aimed at accelerating housing delivery through industrial-scale manufacturing, as Australia grapples with persistent supply shortages. The new entity, Built Living, will focus on producing ...

AI push to unlock $278bn construction pipeline

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
Australia's environmental approval system is emerging as a critical setback for a $278 billion pipeline of housing and clean energy projects, with new research suggesting artificial intelligence (AI) could play a key role in easing delays. A report ...

AHRC calls for long-overdue Human Rights Act

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026  |  NEWS
... identity and self-esteem, their participation in public life, their opportunity to access to employment, education and housing and their health and wellbeing. Left unchecked it can lead to violence," he said. "When we fail to protect a minority group ...

Housing affordability widening intergenerational equity gap: Study

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026  |  NEWS
The gap between older and younger Australians is headed for record levels due to wealth and housing affordability constraints, new analysis shows. The Actuaries Institute's Cracking the Unsolved Generational Equation report, which provides update on ...

Green moves: ACSI, WGEA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2026  |  NEWS
... include serving as deputy director-general of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, as well as the Department of Housing and Public Works. Castley also led the Secretariat for the Special Taskforce on Domestic and Family Violence that delivered ...

UK pension insurer enters affordable housing sector

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2026  |  NEWS
... benefit pension schemes in the UK, has launched Verda Living, a for-profit registered provider of social and affordable housing (FPRP), following approval from the Regulator of Social Housing. PIC has invested almost £4 billion ($7.55bn) of long-term ...

Macquarie AM finances over $1bn to support social housing in France

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2026  |  NEWS
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) has provided an additional $164 million (€100m) to social housing provider Vilogia in France, bringing its total financing to $1.05 billion (€639m). Since 2022, MAM has supported Vilogia's long-term plans of addressing ...

Macquarie lends $191m to UK's social housing provider

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026  |  NEWS
Macquarie Asset Management has financed one of UK's largest social housing providers, Places for People, with a £100 million ($191m) debt facility. Places for People is a not-for-profit housing association, owning and managing around 262,000 homes ...

APRA's climate-related stress tests pose as financial risk

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
... weather-related risks. This includes emissions mitigation and risk adaptation that strengthens the resilience of Australia's housing stock, such as building protective infrastructure, retrofitting existing homes and risk-based land-use planning." Insurance ...