Category: Media

While Immigration Booms, we mustn’t allow `gated communities’ protected by NIMBY activists to stand in the way of Housing Supply - Sourceable, 4 May 2023

See below an link to Article published on Sourceable where Tom Forrest, Chief Executive Officer of Urban...

Property Council hires former adversary - 27 April 2023, Australian Financial Review

Urban Taskforce chief Tom Forrest described it as a “utopian SEPP designed by architects that further...

Long road to recovery for building industry - Australian Property Journal, 12 April 2023

In light of the newly released data, Tom Forrest, CEO at Urban Taskforce, noted the significant task...

NHFIC State of the Nation’s Housing Report confirms a tough road ahead - Sourceable, 5 April 2023

The National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC’s) State of the Nation Report shows national...

Housing Supply Crisis requires all shoulders to the wheel - Sourceable, 16 March 2023

At the centre of the Albanese Government’s National Housing Accord is a commitment to deliver one million...

Game-changing afforable housing proposal stalled by red tape, The Daily Telegraph, 6 March 2023

“Despite there being a housing supply crisis the dead hand of the NSW Planning system has once again...

NSW premier eager for land valuation changes after 26 per cent spike - The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 February 2023

A trend of people moving out of cities and urban areas and into the regions during the COVID-19 pandemic...

Housing Affordability and Superannuation – Commentators are missing the elephant in the room - 27 February, Sourceable

There’s a lot of talk at present regarding to role of superannuation funds, their purpose, tax concessions...

EV chargers in apartment blocks ‘a very expensive proposition’, 21 February 2022 - Sydney Morning Herald

Urban Taskforce, a lobby group for developers, said retrofitting existing apartment buildings was problematic...

Central Station’s $11bn revamp ‘risks repeating Barangaroo’s mistakes’ - Sydney Morning Herald, 23 January 2023

“Developer lobby group Urban Taskforce said the ambitious proposal was an “exemplar” of development...

Commencements Drop as Construction Glut Washes Through - The Urban Developer, 19 January 2023

Urban Taskforce chief executive Tom Forrest said the latest data showed the New South Wales planning...

Affordability and rental crisis looks set to deteriorate in NSW – Urban Taskforce - The Australian Broker, 19 January 2023

New ABS data showed that NSW “faces a long road to recovery and on housing supply and affordability,”...

‘Weekends are a lot busier’: Sydney’s first metro line bucks COVID trend - Sydney Morning Herald, 12 January 2023

Developer lobby group Urban Taskforce said some developments had emerged in areas near the metro stations,...

Housing Supply Crisis Interview with Chris O'Keefe on 2GB, 10 January 2023

Urban Taskforce CEO, Tom Forrest appeared on 2GB with Chris O’Keefe to discuss the current housing...

Federal budget 2022: More houses, more super: key Aussies getting a new property - The Daily Telegraph, 26 October 2022

Experts were generally supportive of moves to increase and speed up supply plus attack NIMBYism that...

NSW commissioner's new plan for builders - The Sound Telegraph, 19 September 2022

David Chandler told property developers at an Urban Taskforce Australia conference on Friday he will...

The Greater Cities Commission is erasing ‘Sydney’ before our very eyes - The Sydney Morning Herald, 9 September 2022

The Urban Taskforce said the GCC was actually taking pressure off urban councils and had squibbed the...

Urban Taskforce Australia slams GCC discussion paper as a "glossy marketing pitch" - Australian Broker, 9 September 2022

Urban Taskforce Australia CEO Tom Forrest said the paper doesn’t have a timetable for outcomes, is not...

Nimbys won’t be allowed to stop housing push - AFR, 9 September 2022

A property developers’ lobby group, Urban Taskforce Australia, said the “glossy cliché” plan was a “marketing...

Sydney's migrant ticking timebomb (1st Edition), The Daily Telegraph - 7 September 2022

Urban Taskforce, CEO Tom Forrest was featured on the first page of today’s edition of The Daily Telegraph. “We...

In NSW, woes all come down to housing supply, 5 September - The Daily Telegraph

Urban Taskforce CEO, Tom Forrest was featured in The Daily Telegraph on Monday, September 5 discussing...

David Chandler is Staying on and is Just as Determined as Ever - Sourceable, 29 August 2022

Urban Taskforce Chief Executive Officer, Tom Forrest was quoted in Sourceable article “David Chandler...

What Can be Done about Growing Homelessness?, 31 August 2022 - Sourceable

Click here to read the Article published on Sourceable where Tom Forrest, Chief Executive Officer of...

Construction Sector’s Hopes High Jobs Summit Will Deliver - The Urban Developer, 30 August 2022

Urban Taskforce chief executive Tom Forrest says with planning approvals in free-fall the Jobs and Skills...

North Sydney Council Plans, Channel Nine - 30 August 2022

Urban Taskforce CEO, Tom Forrest appears on 9 News commenting on the Plans for new developments in North...

Sydney Will Require New NetZero Energy in New Commercial Buildings by 2026 - Sourceable, 24 August 2022

But Tom Forrest, CEO of the Urban Taskforce Australia, argues that having municipal councils run ahead...

Build homes on public land to solve affordability crisis: Minister - Sydney Morning Herald, 21 August 2022

Urban Taskforce chief executive Tom Forrest blamed Stokes for a drop in apartment approvals that has...

Quay Quarter set to change the global landscape of commercial re-development - Commercial Real Estate, 3 August 2022

Already, the Quay Quarter project has won the Urban Taskforce Australia’s Development of the Year 2022...

NSW housing crisis remains – Urban Taskforce (Australian Broker - 3 August 2022)

“The NSW Planning system has had four bad years of chronic underperformance,” said Tom Forrest, CEO of...

Affordable housing project takes top prize - 2 August, The Illawarra Mercury

The Illawarra Mercury’s Connor Pearce wrote “Corrimal’s Correa Gardens has won the...

The Urban Developer - NSW Budget 2022: ‘More Than Bricks and Steel’

“Urban Taskforce Chief Executive Tom Forrest estimated that stamp duty on a property is the equivalent...

Urban Ideas – Standing Tall

Urban Ideas – January 2022 The latest Urban Ideas edition is entitled “Standing Tall”. The...

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