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Date: 30/11/2008
Council plan to protect 1970s ‘heritage’ units over-the-top
Ashfield Council’s plan to list an unexceptional 1970s town house complex as heritage, is only the latest example of homeowners being hit by heavy handed heritage laws, according to the Urban Taskforce.
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Date: 26/11/2008
Security of development approvals questioned
The Urban Taskforce says a recent NSW Court of Appeal decision calls into question the ‘bankability’ of contentious development approvals.
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Date: 19/11/2008
New strategies need to deliver Western Sydney jobs boom
Today’s announcement by the NSW Government that it will update draft planning strategies for North West and South West Sydney was an opportunity to support $2 billion in new job-creating development in Western Sydney, according to the Urban Taskforce.
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Date: 18/11/2008
Rents up 15%: The human cost of Sydney’s housing shortfall
The latest rent figures reveal the extraordinary human cost of Sydney’s undersupply of housing, according to Aaron Gadiel, chief executive of the Urban Taskforce.
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Date: 16/11/2008
87,000 jobs to be sucked out of Sydney
Sydney could lose 87,000 jobs if a massive drop in building approvals recorded in the September quarter is sustained over a full year, according to new figures released today by the Urban Taskforce.
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Date: 11/11/2008
Mini-budget won’t stop NSW’s downward spiral
Today’s mini-budget doesn’t do enough to pull NSW out of its downward economic spiral, according to the Urban Taskforce.
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Date: 08/11/2008
$3,000 boost for new homes will help … if extra approvals flow
Today’s NSW Government announcement that it will increase the first homeowner’s grant for newly-constructed homes by $3,000 was a sensible measure, according to the Urban Taskforce.
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Date: 06/11/2008
Stronger role for regional panels will boost confidence in planning decisions
Today’s news that regional panels will have a bigger role in development decisions will boost community confidence in the planning system, according to the Urban Taskforce.
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