UDIA NSW supports the NSW Government’s plan to deliver the NSW Productivity Commission’s 29 recommendations for productivity reform of infrastructure contributions, announced today, which has the potential to remove some of the barriers to development and unlock up to $12 billion in productivity benefits.
The complete list of UDIA NSW Crown Group Awards for Excellence Finalists and Winners
The UDIA NSW Crown Group Awards for Excellence 2020 Winners were announced at a Gala Dinner on Thursday night. The UDIA NSW Crown Group Awards for Excellence Gala Dinner celebrated 82 finalists across 16 categories. These were judged by an independent panel of industry experts.
UDIA NSW today welcomes the Productivity Commissioner’s Review of Infrastructure Contributions in NSW. The report details 29 recommendations to the Minister for Planning, Industry and Environment on the infrastructure levies paid by developers to support specific local infrastructure.
Stephen McMahon was elected to the position at the UDIA NSW Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday 25 November 2020, following the completed term of outgoing President Michael Sheargold (2018-2020) who will remain on the Council in the role of Immediate Past President.
UDIA NSW is marking this point in time as the last chance for the NSW Government to get rail infrastructure right for Western Sydney. UDIA NSW modelling has projected the need for three more stations in Stage One: Western Sydney University’s joint campus with TAFE at Werrington, a second station at Orchard Hills, and an employment hub at Badgerys Creek north.
oday’s announcement from Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast Adam Crouch MP, will see the Greater Sydney Commission (GSC) collaborating with local stakeholders to develop a new Central Coast Strategy to deliver growth for the region.
UDIA NSW has called on the Minister for Planning and Minister for Local Government to respond quickly and decisively on the Central Coast Council’s vote this week to seek approval to borrow from restricted funds, including the compulsory contributions made by developers for the construction by Council of much needed community facilities, parks, playgrounds, roads and drainage infrastructure.
From 1 September 2020, the NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler OAM will have wide-ranging powers to stop work on defective buildings to prevent any building products showing signs of serious defects from entering the market. UDIA NSW CEO Steve Mann says the changes are being welcomed by quality operators in the industry as a move to restore confidence and stop the tarring of good developers with bad news stories emanating from a small percentage of risky developers, builders and certifiers.
I think it’s fair to say, we are now in the eye of the storm of this global pandemic, and here at UDIAwe are more determined than ever to make the development industry into the driving force behind the economic recovery from COVID-19.
