❓ Housing infrastructure fund—Land and housing supply 26. Mr Dave Kelly to the Minister for Planning and Lands: I refer to the Cook Labor government's ongoing efforts to bolster housing supply in Wester
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Housing infrastructure fund—Land and housing supply
26. Mr Dave Kelly to
the Minister for Planning and Lands:
I refer to the Cook
Labor government's ongoing efforts to bolster housing supply in Western
Australia.
(1) Can the minister update the house on the
government's work to unlock and accelerate housing across Western Australia?
(2) Can the minister also outline how these
efforts are helping to ensure that every Western Australian has a home?
26. Mr Dave Kelly to
the Minister for Planning and Lands:
I refer to the Cook
Labor government's ongoing efforts to bolster housing supply in Western
Australia.
(1) Can the minister update the house on the
government's work to unlock and accelerate housing across Western Australia?
(2) Can the minister also outline how these
efforts are helping to ensure that every Western Australian has a home?
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(1)–(2) As we know,
Western Australia, like every state in the nation, is facing significant
housing pressures. As a government, we have demonstrated a preparedness to make
a range and vast number of different policy measures, understanding there is
not one single silver bullet, but it is the accumulation of efforts to bolster
land and housing supply. Of course, we are working hard to bolster that land
supply through our $400 million housing infrastructure fund to enable critical
infrastructure. We are working through a large number of land projects.
We announced
the largest land release in the last decade in Western Australia of more than
480 hectares, and that is Karnup. We announced that we are partnering with Mirvac
to be our preferred development partner. Once fully developed, this is expected
to realise 4,000 new homes to around more than 10,000 residents. This is in
addition to other critical land development in Alkimos, Eglinton, Brabham and a
range of projects across the state. Only yesterday we announced another
long-term big vision for the existing Edith Cowan University Mount Lawley campus
that does not just include an allocation for a school, but also 1,100 homes.
It is
interesting, we have seen commentary over the last few days, particularly by
the Liberal leader, naming land developments.
Ms Sandra Brewer interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Cottesloe!
Mr John Carey: I want to refer to one. Recently, the
Leader of the Opposition went out with his great mate Hon Anthony Spagnolo, who
we of course all know was head of investor relations for the dodgy Nicheliving.
He goes out to Woodbridge to criticise us and he takes his mate, who spruiked
for a dodgy builder. I mean, that should give confidence to Western Australians!
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Members! Member for Central Wheatbelt!
Leader of the Opposition!
Mr John Carey: Of course we know that they are
concerned by it, because the honourable member deleted all references to
working at Nicheliving. What is interesting about Woodbridge is that the
Liberal leader is unaware that the—
Mr Basil Zempilas interjected.
The Speaker: Leader of the Opposition! I call you to
order for the first time. Please stop interjecting.
Mr John Carey: He is unaware that the green
development management agreement was executed with a private developer, Psaros,
under the former Liberal–National government in 2015. The DMA was
signed by the former assistant director general at the Department of
Communities, Paul Whyte. Hon Brendon Grylls announced the project in 2016 and
said that the project would be completed in 18 months. We came into power and
we are bound to that agreement. In 2019, Psaros went south and so the project fell
over. A project that he attacked was—
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Members of the opposition! Leader of the
Opposition!
Mr John Carey: Anyone could have googled this. I do
not know what the research—
Ms Sandra Brewer interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Cottesloe!
Mr John Carey: Maybe he did take advice from Hon Anthony
Spagnolo. Do not trust him! The reality is that the Liberals said this deal
would be completed in 18 months with Psaros under Paul Whyte and it all fell
over. What did we do? COVID hit.
Ms Sandra Brewer interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Cottesloe!
Mr John Carey: Then it became part of the successful
Housing Australia Future Fund round where a social and affordable housing
project will be built, with construction starting in the next few months. There
is the contrast. We have a Liberal leader—
Mr Basil Zempilas interjected.
The Speaker: Leader of the Opposition, I am calling
you for the second time. Please stop the interjections.
Mr John Carey: We have a Liberal leader who goes out
with his dodgy mate, the head of investor relations for Nicheliving, to
complain about a land and housing development that Brendon Grylls, under the
former Liberal government—they love to quote Barnett all the time—said
would be done in 18 months. We were locked into that contract, and it fell
over.
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Members!
Mr John Carey: I mean, you cannot make this up stuff
up!
Ms Rita Saffioti interjected.
The Speaker: Minister. Thank you.
Mr John Carey: What is demonstrates is this: as we
have seen from the recent policy announcements—
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Members of the opposition. Member for
Cottesloe, I am going to call you for the second time.
Mr John Carey: As we have seen from this opposition,
there is a lack of policy ground, a lack of intellectual ground and a lack of
basic research. It is extraordinary that we have a Liberal leader going out to
a site and complaining about a development that his former government signed us
onto under Paul Whyte to simply fall over.
Western Australia, like every state in the nation, is facing significant
housing pressures. As a government, we have demonstrated a preparedness to make
a range and vast number of different policy measures, understanding there is
not one single silver bullet, but it is the accumulation of efforts to bolster
land and housing supply. Of course, we are working hard to bolster that land
supply through our $400 million housing infrastructure fund to enable critical
infrastructure. We are working through a large number of land projects.
We announced
the largest land release in the last decade in Western Australia of more than
480 hectares, and that is Karnup. We announced that we are partnering with Mirvac
to be our preferred development partner. Once fully developed, this is expected
to realise 4,000 new homes to around more than 10,000 residents. This is in
addition to other critical land development in Alkimos, Eglinton, Brabham and a
range of projects across the state. Only yesterday we announced another
long-term big vision for the existing Edith Cowan University Mount Lawley campus
that does not just include an allocation for a school, but also 1,100 homes.
It is
interesting, we have seen commentary over the last few days, particularly by
the Liberal leader, naming land developments.
Ms Sandra Brewer interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Cottesloe!
Mr John Carey: I want to refer to one. Recently, the
Leader of the Opposition went out with his great mate Hon Anthony Spagnolo, who
we of course all know was head of investor relations for the dodgy Nicheliving.
He goes out to Woodbridge to criticise us and he takes his mate, who spruiked
for a dodgy builder. I mean, that should give confidence to Western Australians!
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Members! Member for Central Wheatbelt!
Leader of the Opposition!
Mr John Carey: Of course we know that they are
concerned by it, because the honourable member deleted all references to
working at Nicheliving. What is interesting about Woodbridge is that the
Liberal leader is unaware that the—
Mr Basil Zempilas interjected.
The Speaker: Leader of the Opposition! I call you to
order for the first time. Please stop interjecting.
Mr John Carey: He is unaware that the green
development management agreement was executed with a private developer, Psaros,
under the former Liberal–National government in 2015. The DMA was
signed by the former assistant director general at the Department of
Communities, Paul Whyte. Hon Brendon Grylls announced the project in 2016 and
said that the project would be completed in 18 months. We came into power and
we are bound to that agreement. In 2019, Psaros went south and so the project fell
over. A project that he attacked was—
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Members of the opposition! Leader of the
Opposition!
Mr John Carey: Anyone could have googled this. I do
not know what the research—
Ms Sandra Brewer interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Cottesloe!
Mr John Carey: Maybe he did take advice from Hon Anthony
Spagnolo. Do not trust him! The reality is that the Liberals said this deal
would be completed in 18 months with Psaros under Paul Whyte and it all fell
over. What did we do? COVID hit.
Ms Sandra Brewer interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Cottesloe!
Mr John Carey: Then it became part of the successful
Housing Australia Future Fund round where a social and affordable housing
project will be built, with construction starting in the next few months. There
is the contrast. We have a Liberal leader—
Mr Basil Zempilas interjected.
The Speaker: Leader of the Opposition, I am calling
you for the second time. Please stop the interjections.
Mr John Carey: We have a Liberal leader who goes out
with his dodgy mate, the head of investor relations for Nicheliving, to
complain about a land and housing development that Brendon Grylls, under the
former Liberal government—they love to quote Barnett all the time—said
would be done in 18 months. We were locked into that contract, and it fell
over.
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Members!
Mr John Carey: I mean, you cannot make this up stuff
up!
Ms Rita Saffioti interjected.
The Speaker: Minister. Thank you.
Mr John Carey: What is demonstrates is this: as we
have seen from the recent policy announcements—
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Members of the opposition. Member for
Cottesloe, I am going to call you for the second time.
Mr John Carey: As we have seen from this opposition,
there is a lack of policy ground, a lack of intellectual ground and a lack of
basic research. It is extraordinary that we have a Liberal leader going out to
a site and complaining about a development that his former government signed us
onto under Paul Whyte to simply fall over.
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