❓ Mr. Ripper questions the need for a consultant on housing affordability given rising house prices and the establishment of a new office. Mr. Day responds by highlighting budget allocation, collaborative efforts, land availability, and proactive planning measures.
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HOUSING AFFORDABILITY
I refer to the approval request for a consultant contract on housing affordability, and to the Department of Planning’s justification for these services that there are no dedicated resources within the Department of Planning regarding affordable housing and that discussions in the Department of Housing have not resulted in identification of applicable resources. Given that reports today indicate Perth’s median house price will reach $600 000 within three years — (1) Why has an approval request been made for a consultant to advise the government on housing affordability? (2) Is this consultant leading the new Office of Land and Housing Supply? (3) How is the government starting this new office if the justification for a consultant is that there are no applicable resources? (4) After nearly two years, does the minister have any plan for housing affordability beyond engaging a consultant to address this crisis? Mr J.H.D. DAY
I refer to the approval request for a consultant contract on housing affordability, and to the Department of Planning’s justification for these services that there are no dedicated resources within the Department of Planning regarding affordable housing and that discussions in the Department of Housing have not resulted in identification of applicable resources. Given that reports today indicate Perth’s median house price will reach $600 000 within three years — (1) Why has an approval request been made for a consultant to advise the government on housing affordability? (2) Is this consultant leading the new Office of Land and Housing Supply? (3) How is the government starting this new office if the justification for a consultant is that there are no applicable resources? (4) After nearly two years, does the minister have any plan for housing affordability beyond engaging a consultant to address this crisis? Mr J.H.D. DAY
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(1)–(4) The reality is that there is $300 000 in this year’s budget, as presented by the Premier and Treasurer three or four weeks ago, to boost the resources of the Office of Land and Housing Supply in order to ensure that we do everything we can to have affordable housing available in Western Australia. That needs a combined effort between the planning, housing and lands portfolios, and that is exactly what we are seeing: a cooperative approach. The Minister for Housing will be making further statements about further housing developments on state-owned land. In relation to the planning portfolio, we are taking action to ensure that zoning of land occurs in a timely way. The number of planning scheme amendments that have been considered in the 20 months or so that I have been Minister for Planning represents, I think, more than double the rate considered by my predecessor, the soon-to-be departed member for Armadale. Therefore, this story that the opposition is seeking to ramp up about the lack of affordable housing and lack of affordable land supply is simply not borne out by the facts. The other point that needs to be remembered is that there are something like 4 000 lots available on the market at the moment: about 2 000 through the land development industry and about 2 000 through real estate agents. There is certainly the potential for developing pressures, but there is in fact quite a lot of land available at the moment. That is why we are addressing these needs in a range of ways, including through the legislation that is currently passing through Parliament; it has been considered by the Assembly and is currently being debated in the Legislative Council. It is also why we have been very proactive in the development of a planning framework for the Perth and Peel regions—Directions 2031—which is close to being finalised by the Western Australian Planning Commission and which I will be taking to cabinet soon. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : We might actually achieve something. There was a lot of talk — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Mr Speaker, the member for Armadale is doing a lot of what she did when she was in government: a lot of talk but not very much action. Several members interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was certainly not a lot of action on real planning reform or on actually considering planning scheme amendments that needed to be considered. When we came into government, a number of significant planning decisions had been pushed aside and put in the too-hard basket, such as City of Stirling scheme amendment 458 in Scarborough, the Mandogalup amendment, the Bush Forever MRS amendment and many other significant planning decisions. They are being dealt with by me as Minister for Planning and by this government.
(1) Why has an approval request been made for a consultant to advise the government on housing affordability? (2) Is this consultant leading the new Office of Land and Housing Supply? (3) How is the government starting this new office if the justification for a consultant is that there are no applicable resources? (4) After nearly two years, does the minister have any plan for housing affordability beyond engaging a consultant to address this crisis? Mr J.H.D. DAY replied: (1)–(4) The reality is that there is $300 000 in this year’s budget, as presented by the Premier and Treasurer three or four weeks ago, to boost the resources of the Office of Land and Housing Supply in order to ensure that we do everything we can to have affordable housing available in Western Australia. That needs a combined effort between the planning, housing and lands portfolios, and that is exactly what we are seeing: a cooperative approach. The Minister for Housing will be making further statements about further housing developments on state-owned land. In relation to the planning portfolio, we are taking action to ensure that zoning of land occurs in a timely way. The number of planning scheme amendments that have been considered in the 20 months or so that I have been Minister for Planning represents, I think, more than double the rate considered by my predecessor, the soon-to-be departed member for Armadale. Therefore, this story that the opposition is seeking to ramp up about the lack of affordable housing and lack of affordable land supply is simply not borne out by the facts. The other point that needs to be remembered is that there are something like 4 000 lots available on the market at the moment: about 2 000 through the land development industry and about 2 000 through real estate agents. There is certainly the potential for developing pressures, but there is in fact quite a lot of land available at the moment. That is why we are addressing these needs in a range of ways, including through the legislation that is currently passing through Parliament; it has been considered by the Assembly and is currently being debated in the Legislative Council. It is also why we have been very proactive in the development of a planning framework for the Perth and Peel regions—Directions 2031—which is close to being finalised by the Western Australian Planning Commission and which I will be taking to cabinet soon. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : We might actually achieve something. There was a lot of talk — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Mr Speaker, the member for Armadale is doing a lot of what she did when she was in government: a lot of talk but not very much action. Several members interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was certainly not a lot of action on real planning reform or on actually considering planning scheme amendments that needed to be considered. When we came into government, a number of significant planning decisions had been pushed aside and put in the too-hard basket, such as City of Stirling scheme amendment 458 in Scarborough, the Mandogalup amendment, the Bush Forever MRS amendment and many other significant planning decisions. They are being dealt with by me as Minister for Planning and by this government.
(2) Is this consultant leading the new Office of Land and Housing Supply? (3) How is the government starting this new office if the justification for a consultant is that there are no applicable resources? (4) After nearly two years, does the minister have any plan for housing affordability beyond engaging a consultant to address this crisis? Mr J.H.D. DAY replied: (1)–(4) The reality is that there is $300 000 in this year’s budget, as presented by the Premier and Treasurer three or four weeks ago, to boost the resources of the Office of Land and Housing Supply in order to ensure that we do everything we can to have affordable housing available in Western Australia. That needs a combined effort between the planning, housing and lands portfolios, and that is exactly what we are seeing: a cooperative approach. The Minister for Housing will be making further statements about further housing developments on state-owned land. In relation to the planning portfolio, we are taking action to ensure that zoning of land occurs in a timely way. The number of planning scheme amendments that have been considered in the 20 months or so that I have been Minister for Planning represents, I think, more than double the rate considered by my predecessor, the soon-to-be departed member for Armadale. Therefore, this story that the opposition is seeking to ramp up about the lack of affordable housing and lack of affordable land supply is simply not borne out by the facts. The other point that needs to be remembered is that there are something like 4 000 lots available on the market at the moment: about 2 000 through the land development industry and about 2 000 through real estate agents. There is certainly the potential for developing pressures, but there is in fact quite a lot of land available at the moment. That is why we are addressing these needs in a range of ways, including through the legislation that is currently passing through Parliament; it has been considered by the Assembly and is currently being debated in the Legislative Council. It is also why we have been very proactive in the development of a planning framework for the Perth and Peel regions—Directions 2031—which is close to being finalised by the Western Australian Planning Commission and which I will be taking to cabinet soon. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : We might actually achieve something. There was a lot of talk — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Mr Speaker, the member for Armadale is doing a lot of what she did when she was in government: a lot of talk but not very much action. Several members interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was certainly not a lot of action on real planning reform or on actually considering planning scheme amendments that needed to be considered. When we came into government, a number of significant planning decisions had been pushed aside and put in the too-hard basket, such as City of Stirling scheme amendment 458 in Scarborough, the Mandogalup amendment, the Bush Forever MRS amendment and many other significant planning decisions. They are being dealt with by me as Minister for Planning and by this government.
(3) How is the government starting this new office if the justification for a consultant is that there are no applicable resources? (4) After nearly two years, does the minister have any plan for housing affordability beyond engaging a consultant to address this crisis? Mr J.H.D. DAY replied: (1)–(4) The reality is that there is $300 000 in this year’s budget, as presented by the Premier and Treasurer three or four weeks ago, to boost the resources of the Office of Land and Housing Supply in order to ensure that we do everything we can to have affordable housing available in Western Australia. That needs a combined effort between the planning, housing and lands portfolios, and that is exactly what we are seeing: a cooperative approach. The Minister for Housing will be making further statements about further housing developments on state-owned land. In relation to the planning portfolio, we are taking action to ensure that zoning of land occurs in a timely way. The number of planning scheme amendments that have been considered in the 20 months or so that I have been Minister for Planning represents, I think, more than double the rate considered by my predecessor, the soon-to-be departed member for Armadale. Therefore, this story that the opposition is seeking to ramp up about the lack of affordable housing and lack of affordable land supply is simply not borne out by the facts. The other point that needs to be remembered is that there are something like 4 000 lots available on the market at the moment: about 2 000 through the land development industry and about 2 000 through real estate agents. There is certainly the potential for developing pressures, but there is in fact quite a lot of land available at the moment. That is why we are addressing these needs in a range of ways, including through the legislation that is currently passing through Parliament; it has been considered by the Assembly and is currently being debated in the Legislative Council. It is also why we have been very proactive in the development of a planning framework for the Perth and Peel regions—Directions 2031—which is close to being finalised by the Western Australian Planning Commission and which I will be taking to cabinet soon. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : We might actually achieve something. There was a lot of talk — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Mr Speaker, the member for Armadale is doing a lot of what she did when she was in government: a lot of talk but not very much action. Several members interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was certainly not a lot of action on real planning reform or on actually considering planning scheme amendments that needed to be considered. When we came into government, a number of significant planning decisions had been pushed aside and put in the too-hard basket, such as City of Stirling scheme amendment 458 in Scarborough, the Mandogalup amendment, the Bush Forever MRS amendment and many other significant planning decisions. They are being dealt with by me as Minister for Planning and by this government.
(4) After nearly two years, does the minister have any plan for housing affordability beyond engaging a consultant to address this crisis? Mr J.H.D. DAY replied: (1)–(4) The reality is that there is $300 000 in this year’s budget, as presented by the Premier and Treasurer three or four weeks ago, to boost the resources of the Office of Land and Housing Supply in order to ensure that we do everything we can to have affordable housing available in Western Australia. That needs a combined effort between the planning, housing and lands portfolios, and that is exactly what we are seeing: a cooperative approach. The Minister for Housing will be making further statements about further housing developments on state-owned land. In relation to the planning portfolio, we are taking action to ensure that zoning of land occurs in a timely way. The number of planning scheme amendments that have been considered in the 20 months or so that I have been Minister for Planning represents, I think, more than double the rate considered by my predecessor, the soon-to-be departed member for Armadale. Therefore, this story that the opposition is seeking to ramp up about the lack of affordable housing and lack of affordable land supply is simply not borne out by the facts. The other point that needs to be remembered is that there are something like 4 000 lots available on the market at the moment: about 2 000 through the land development industry and about 2 000 through real estate agents. There is certainly the potential for developing pressures, but there is in fact quite a lot of land available at the moment. That is why we are addressing these needs in a range of ways, including through the legislation that is currently passing through Parliament; it has been considered by the Assembly and is currently being debated in the Legislative Council. It is also why we have been very proactive in the development of a planning framework for the Perth and Peel regions—Directions 2031—which is close to being finalised by the Western Australian Planning Commission and which I will be taking to cabinet soon. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : We might actually achieve something. There was a lot of talk — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Mr Speaker, the member for Armadale is doing a lot of what she did when she was in government: a lot of talk but not very much action. Several members interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was certainly not a lot of action on real planning reform or on actually considering planning scheme amendments that needed to be considered. When we came into government, a number of significant planning decisions had been pushed aside and put in the too-hard basket, such as City of Stirling scheme amendment 458 in Scarborough, the Mandogalup amendment, the Bush Forever MRS amendment and many other significant planning decisions. They are being dealt with by me as Minister for Planning and by this government.
Mr J.H.D. DAY replied: (1)–(4) The reality is that there is $300 000 in this year’s budget, as presented by the Premier and Treasurer three or four weeks ago, to boost the resources of the Office of Land and Housing Supply in order to ensure that we do everything we can to have affordable housing available in Western Australia. That needs a combined effort between the planning, housing and lands portfolios, and that is exactly what we are seeing: a cooperative approach. The Minister for Housing will be making further statements about further housing developments on state-owned land. In relation to the planning portfolio, we are taking action to ensure that zoning of land occurs in a timely way. The number of planning scheme amendments that have been considered in the 20 months or so that I have been Minister for Planning represents, I think, more than double the rate considered by my predecessor, the soon-to-be departed member for Armadale. Therefore, this story that the opposition is seeking to ramp up about the lack of affordable housing and lack of affordable land supply is simply not borne out by the facts. The other point that needs to be remembered is that there are something like 4 000 lots available on the market at the moment: about 2 000 through the land development industry and about 2 000 through real estate agents. There is certainly the potential for developing pressures, but there is in fact quite a lot of land available at the moment. That is why we are addressing these needs in a range of ways, including through the legislation that is currently passing through Parliament; it has been considered by the Assembly and is currently being debated in the Legislative Council. It is also why we have been very proactive in the development of a planning framework for the Perth and Peel regions—Directions 2031—which is close to being finalised by the Western Australian Planning Commission and which I will be taking to cabinet soon. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : We might actually achieve something. There was a lot of talk — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Mr Speaker, the member for Armadale is doing a lot of what she did when she was in government: a lot of talk but not very much action. Several members interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was certainly not a lot of action on real planning reform or on actually considering planning scheme amendments that needed to be considered. When we came into government, a number of significant planning decisions had been pushed aside and put in the too-hard basket, such as City of Stirling scheme amendment 458 in Scarborough, the Mandogalup amendment, the Bush Forever MRS amendment and many other significant planning decisions. They are being dealt with by me as Minister for Planning and by this government.
(1)–(4) The reality is that there is $300 000 in this year’s budget, as presented by the Premier and Treasurer three or four weeks ago, to boost the resources of the Office of Land and Housing Supply in order to ensure that we do everything we can to have affordable housing available in Western Australia. That needs a combined effort between the planning, housing and lands portfolios, and that is exactly what we are seeing: a cooperative approach. The Minister for Housing will be making further statements about further housing developments on state-owned land. In relation to the planning portfolio, we are taking action to ensure that zoning of land occurs in a timely way. The number of planning scheme amendments that have been considered in the 20 months or so that I have been Minister for Planning represents, I think, more than double the rate considered by my predecessor, the soon-to-be departed member for Armadale. Therefore, this story that the opposition is seeking to ramp up about the lack of affordable housing and lack of affordable land supply is simply not borne out by the facts. The other point that needs to be remembered is that there are something like 4 000 lots available on the market at the moment: about 2 000 through the land development industry and about 2 000 through real estate agents. There is certainly the potential for developing pressures, but there is in fact quite a lot of land available at the moment. That is why we are addressing these needs in a range of ways, including through the legislation that is currently passing through Parliament; it has been considered by the Assembly and is currently being debated in the Legislative Council. It is also why we have been very proactive in the development of a planning framework for the Perth and Peel regions—Directions 2031—which is close to being finalised by the Western Australian Planning Commission and which I will be taking to cabinet soon. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : We might actually achieve something. There was a lot of talk — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Mr Speaker, the member for Armadale is doing a lot of what she did when she was in government: a lot of talk but not very much action. Several members interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was certainly not a lot of action on real planning reform or on actually considering planning scheme amendments that needed to be considered. When we came into government, a number of significant planning decisions had been pushed aside and put in the too-hard basket, such as City of Stirling scheme amendment 458 in Scarborough, the Mandogalup amendment, the Bush Forever MRS amendment and many other significant planning decisions. They are being dealt with by me as Minister for Planning and by this government.
Mr J.H.D. DAY : We might actually achieve something. There was a lot of talk — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Mr Speaker, the member for Armadale is doing a lot of what she did when she was in government: a lot of talk but not very much action. Several members interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was certainly not a lot of action on real planning reform or on actually considering planning scheme amendments that needed to be considered. When we came into government, a number of significant planning decisions had been pushed aside and put in the too-hard basket, such as City of Stirling scheme amendment 458 in Scarborough, the Mandogalup amendment, the Bush Forever MRS amendment and many other significant planning decisions. They are being dealt with by me as Minister for Planning and by this government.
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Mr Speaker, the member for Armadale is doing a lot of what she did when she was in government: a lot of talk but not very much action. Several members interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was certainly not a lot of action on real planning reform or on actually considering planning scheme amendments that needed to be considered. When we came into government, a number of significant planning decisions had been pushed aside and put in the too-hard basket, such as City of Stirling scheme amendment 458 in Scarborough, the Mandogalup amendment, the Bush Forever MRS amendment and many other significant planning decisions. They are being dealt with by me as Minister for Planning and by this government.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Mr Speaker, the member for Armadale is doing a lot of what she did when she was in government: a lot of talk but not very much action. Several members interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was certainly not a lot of action on real planning reform or on actually considering planning scheme amendments that needed to be considered. When we came into government, a number of significant planning decisions had been pushed aside and put in the too-hard basket, such as City of Stirling scheme amendment 458 in Scarborough, the Mandogalup amendment, the Bush Forever MRS amendment and many other significant planning decisions. They are being dealt with by me as Minister for Planning and by this government.
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Mr Speaker, the member for Armadale is doing a lot of what she did when she was in government: a lot of talk but not very much action. Several members interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was certainly not a lot of action on real planning reform or on actually considering planning scheme amendments that needed to be considered. When we came into government, a number of significant planning decisions had been pushed aside and put in the too-hard basket, such as City of Stirling scheme amendment 458 in Scarborough, the Mandogalup amendment, the Bush Forever MRS amendment and many other significant planning decisions. They are being dealt with by me as Minister for Planning and by this government.
Mr J.H.D. DAY : Mr Speaker, the member for Armadale is doing a lot of what she did when she was in government: a lot of talk but not very much action. Several members interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was certainly not a lot of action on real planning reform or on actually considering planning scheme amendments that needed to be considered. When we came into government, a number of significant planning decisions had been pushed aside and put in the too-hard basket, such as City of Stirling scheme amendment 458 in Scarborough, the Mandogalup amendment, the Bush Forever MRS amendment and many other significant planning decisions. They are being dealt with by me as Minister for Planning and by this government.
Several members interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was certainly not a lot of action on real planning reform or on actually considering planning scheme amendments that needed to be considered. When we came into government, a number of significant planning decisions had been pushed aside and put in the too-hard basket, such as City of Stirling scheme amendment 458 in Scarborough, the Mandogalup amendment, the Bush Forever MRS amendment and many other significant planning decisions. They are being dealt with by me as Minister for Planning and by this government.
Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was certainly not a lot of action on real planning reform or on actually considering planning scheme amendments that needed to be considered. When we came into government, a number of significant planning decisions had been pushed aside and put in the too-hard basket, such as City of Stirling scheme amendment 458 in Scarborough, the Mandogalup amendment, the Bush Forever MRS amendment and many other significant planning decisions. They are being dealt with by me as Minister for Planning and by this government.
When we came into government, a number of significant planning decisions had been pushed aside and put in the too-hard basket, such as City of Stirling scheme amendment 458 in Scarborough, the Mandogalup amendment, the Bush Forever MRS amendment and many other significant planning decisions. They are being dealt with by me as Minister for Planning and by this government.
(1) Why has an approval request been made for a consultant to advise the government on housing affordability? (2) Is this consultant leading the new Office of Land and Housing Supply? (3) How is the government starting this new office if the justification for a consultant is that there are no applicable resources? (4) After nearly two years, does the minister have any plan for housing affordability beyond engaging a consultant to address this crisis? Mr J.H.D. DAY replied: (1)–(4) The reality is that there is $300 000 in this year’s budget, as presented by the Premier and Treasurer three or four weeks ago, to boost the resources of the Office of Land and Housing Supply in order to ensure that we do everything we can to have affordable housing available in Western Australia. That needs a combined effort between the planning, housing and lands portfolios, and that is exactly what we are seeing: a cooperative approach. The Minister for Housing will be making further statements about further housing developments on state-owned land. In relation to the planning portfolio, we are taking action to ensure that zoning of land occurs in a timely way. The number of planning scheme amendments that have been considered in the 20 months or so that I have been Minister for Planning represents, I think, more than double the rate considered by my predecessor, the soon-to-be departed member for Armadale. Therefore, this story that the opposition is seeking to ramp up about the lack of affordable housing and lack of affordable land supply is simply not borne out by the facts. The other point that needs to be remembered is that there are something like 4 000 lots available on the market at the moment: about 2 000 through the land development industry and about 2 000 through real estate agents. There is certainly the potential for developing pressures, but there is in fact quite a lot of land available at the moment. That is why we are addressing these needs in a range of ways, including through the legislation that is currently passing through Parliament; it has been considered by the Assembly and is currently being debated in the Legislative Council. It is also why we have been very proactive in the development of a planning framework for the Perth and Peel regions—Directions 2031—which is close to being finalised by the Western Australian Planning Commission and which I will be taking to cabinet soon. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : We might actually achieve something. There was a lot of talk — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Mr Speaker, the member for Armadale is doing a lot of what she did when she was in government: a lot of talk but not very much action. Several members interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was certainly not a lot of action on real planning reform or on actually considering planning scheme amendments that needed to be considered. When we came into government, a number of significant planning decisions had been pushed aside and put in the too-hard basket, such as City of Stirling scheme amendment 458 in Scarborough, the Mandogalup amendment, the Bush Forever MRS amendment and many other significant planning decisions. They are being dealt with by me as Minister for Planning and by this government.
(2) Is this consultant leading the new Office of Land and Housing Supply? (3) How is the government starting this new office if the justification for a consultant is that there are no applicable resources? (4) After nearly two years, does the minister have any plan for housing affordability beyond engaging a consultant to address this crisis? Mr J.H.D. DAY replied: (1)–(4) The reality is that there is $300 000 in this year’s budget, as presented by the Premier and Treasurer three or four weeks ago, to boost the resources of the Office of Land and Housing Supply in order to ensure that we do everything we can to have affordable housing available in Western Australia. That needs a combined effort between the planning, housing and lands portfolios, and that is exactly what we are seeing: a cooperative approach. The Minister for Housing will be making further statements about further housing developments on state-owned land. In relation to the planning portfolio, we are taking action to ensure that zoning of land occurs in a timely way. The number of planning scheme amendments that have been considered in the 20 months or so that I have been Minister for Planning represents, I think, more than double the rate considered by my predecessor, the soon-to-be departed member for Armadale. Therefore, this story that the opposition is seeking to ramp up about the lack of affordable housing and lack of affordable land supply is simply not borne out by the facts. The other point that needs to be remembered is that there are something like 4 000 lots available on the market at the moment: about 2 000 through the land development industry and about 2 000 through real estate agents. There is certainly the potential for developing pressures, but there is in fact quite a lot of land available at the moment. That is why we are addressing these needs in a range of ways, including through the legislation that is currently passing through Parliament; it has been considered by the Assembly and is currently being debated in the Legislative Council. It is also why we have been very proactive in the development of a planning framework for the Perth and Peel regions—Directions 2031—which is close to being finalised by the Western Australian Planning Commission and which I will be taking to cabinet soon. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : We might actually achieve something. There was a lot of talk — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Mr Speaker, the member for Armadale is doing a lot of what she did when she was in government: a lot of talk but not very much action. Several members interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was certainly not a lot of action on real planning reform or on actually considering planning scheme amendments that needed to be considered. When we came into government, a number of significant planning decisions had been pushed aside and put in the too-hard basket, such as City of Stirling scheme amendment 458 in Scarborough, the Mandogalup amendment, the Bush Forever MRS amendment and many other significant planning decisions. They are being dealt with by me as Minister for Planning and by this government.
(3) How is the government starting this new office if the justification for a consultant is that there are no applicable resources? (4) After nearly two years, does the minister have any plan for housing affordability beyond engaging a consultant to address this crisis? Mr J.H.D. DAY replied: (1)–(4) The reality is that there is $300 000 in this year’s budget, as presented by the Premier and Treasurer three or four weeks ago, to boost the resources of the Office of Land and Housing Supply in order to ensure that we do everything we can to have affordable housing available in Western Australia. That needs a combined effort between the planning, housing and lands portfolios, and that is exactly what we are seeing: a cooperative approach. The Minister for Housing will be making further statements about further housing developments on state-owned land. In relation to the planning portfolio, we are taking action to ensure that zoning of land occurs in a timely way. The number of planning scheme amendments that have been considered in the 20 months or so that I have been Minister for Planning represents, I think, more than double the rate considered by my predecessor, the soon-to-be departed member for Armadale. Therefore, this story that the opposition is seeking to ramp up about the lack of affordable housing and lack of affordable land supply is simply not borne out by the facts. The other point that needs to be remembered is that there are something like 4 000 lots available on the market at the moment: about 2 000 through the land development industry and about 2 000 through real estate agents. There is certainly the potential for developing pressures, but there is in fact quite a lot of land available at the moment. That is why we are addressing these needs in a range of ways, including through the legislation that is currently passing through Parliament; it has been considered by the Assembly and is currently being debated in the Legislative Council. It is also why we have been very proactive in the development of a planning framework for the Perth and Peel regions—Directions 2031—which is close to being finalised by the Western Australian Planning Commission and which I will be taking to cabinet soon. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : We might actually achieve something. There was a lot of talk — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Mr Speaker, the member for Armadale is doing a lot of what she did when she was in government: a lot of talk but not very much action. Several members interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was certainly not a lot of action on real planning reform or on actually considering planning scheme amendments that needed to be considered. When we came into government, a number of significant planning decisions had been pushed aside and put in the too-hard basket, such as City of Stirling scheme amendment 458 in Scarborough, the Mandogalup amendment, the Bush Forever MRS amendment and many other significant planning decisions. They are being dealt with by me as Minister for Planning and by this government.
(4) After nearly two years, does the minister have any plan for housing affordability beyond engaging a consultant to address this crisis? Mr J.H.D. DAY replied: (1)–(4) The reality is that there is $300 000 in this year’s budget, as presented by the Premier and Treasurer three or four weeks ago, to boost the resources of the Office of Land and Housing Supply in order to ensure that we do everything we can to have affordable housing available in Western Australia. That needs a combined effort between the planning, housing and lands portfolios, and that is exactly what we are seeing: a cooperative approach. The Minister for Housing will be making further statements about further housing developments on state-owned land. In relation to the planning portfolio, we are taking action to ensure that zoning of land occurs in a timely way. The number of planning scheme amendments that have been considered in the 20 months or so that I have been Minister for Planning represents, I think, more than double the rate considered by my predecessor, the soon-to-be departed member for Armadale. Therefore, this story that the opposition is seeking to ramp up about the lack of affordable housing and lack of affordable land supply is simply not borne out by the facts. The other point that needs to be remembered is that there are something like 4 000 lots available on the market at the moment: about 2 000 through the land development industry and about 2 000 through real estate agents. There is certainly the potential for developing pressures, but there is in fact quite a lot of land available at the moment. That is why we are addressing these needs in a range of ways, including through the legislation that is currently passing through Parliament; it has been considered by the Assembly and is currently being debated in the Legislative Council. It is also why we have been very proactive in the development of a planning framework for the Perth and Peel regions—Directions 2031—which is close to being finalised by the Western Australian Planning Commission and which I will be taking to cabinet soon. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : We might actually achieve something. There was a lot of talk — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Mr Speaker, the member for Armadale is doing a lot of what she did when she was in government: a lot of talk but not very much action. Several members interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was certainly not a lot of action on real planning reform or on actually considering planning scheme amendments that needed to be considered. When we came into government, a number of significant planning decisions had been pushed aside and put in the too-hard basket, such as City of Stirling scheme amendment 458 in Scarborough, the Mandogalup amendment, the Bush Forever MRS amendment and many other significant planning decisions. They are being dealt with by me as Minister for Planning and by this government.
Mr J.H.D. DAY replied: (1)–(4) The reality is that there is $300 000 in this year’s budget, as presented by the Premier and Treasurer three or four weeks ago, to boost the resources of the Office of Land and Housing Supply in order to ensure that we do everything we can to have affordable housing available in Western Australia. That needs a combined effort between the planning, housing and lands portfolios, and that is exactly what we are seeing: a cooperative approach. The Minister for Housing will be making further statements about further housing developments on state-owned land. In relation to the planning portfolio, we are taking action to ensure that zoning of land occurs in a timely way. The number of planning scheme amendments that have been considered in the 20 months or so that I have been Minister for Planning represents, I think, more than double the rate considered by my predecessor, the soon-to-be departed member for Armadale. Therefore, this story that the opposition is seeking to ramp up about the lack of affordable housing and lack of affordable land supply is simply not borne out by the facts. The other point that needs to be remembered is that there are something like 4 000 lots available on the market at the moment: about 2 000 through the land development industry and about 2 000 through real estate agents. There is certainly the potential for developing pressures, but there is in fact quite a lot of land available at the moment. That is why we are addressing these needs in a range of ways, including through the legislation that is currently passing through Parliament; it has been considered by the Assembly and is currently being debated in the Legislative Council. It is also why we have been very proactive in the development of a planning framework for the Perth and Peel regions—Directions 2031—which is close to being finalised by the Western Australian Planning Commission and which I will be taking to cabinet soon. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : We might actually achieve something. There was a lot of talk — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Mr Speaker, the member for Armadale is doing a lot of what she did when she was in government: a lot of talk but not very much action. Several members interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was certainly not a lot of action on real planning reform or on actually considering planning scheme amendments that needed to be considered. When we came into government, a number of significant planning decisions had been pushed aside and put in the too-hard basket, such as City of Stirling scheme amendment 458 in Scarborough, the Mandogalup amendment, the Bush Forever MRS amendment and many other significant planning decisions. They are being dealt with by me as Minister for Planning and by this government.
(1)–(4) The reality is that there is $300 000 in this year’s budget, as presented by the Premier and Treasurer three or four weeks ago, to boost the resources of the Office of Land and Housing Supply in order to ensure that we do everything we can to have affordable housing available in Western Australia. That needs a combined effort between the planning, housing and lands portfolios, and that is exactly what we are seeing: a cooperative approach. The Minister for Housing will be making further statements about further housing developments on state-owned land. In relation to the planning portfolio, we are taking action to ensure that zoning of land occurs in a timely way. The number of planning scheme amendments that have been considered in the 20 months or so that I have been Minister for Planning represents, I think, more than double the rate considered by my predecessor, the soon-to-be departed member for Armadale. Therefore, this story that the opposition is seeking to ramp up about the lack of affordable housing and lack of affordable land supply is simply not borne out by the facts. The other point that needs to be remembered is that there are something like 4 000 lots available on the market at the moment: about 2 000 through the land development industry and about 2 000 through real estate agents. There is certainly the potential for developing pressures, but there is in fact quite a lot of land available at the moment. That is why we are addressing these needs in a range of ways, including through the legislation that is currently passing through Parliament; it has been considered by the Assembly and is currently being debated in the Legislative Council. It is also why we have been very proactive in the development of a planning framework for the Perth and Peel regions—Directions 2031—which is close to being finalised by the Western Australian Planning Commission and which I will be taking to cabinet soon. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : We might actually achieve something. There was a lot of talk — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Mr Speaker, the member for Armadale is doing a lot of what she did when she was in government: a lot of talk but not very much action. Several members interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was certainly not a lot of action on real planning reform or on actually considering planning scheme amendments that needed to be considered. When we came into government, a number of significant planning decisions had been pushed aside and put in the too-hard basket, such as City of Stirling scheme amendment 458 in Scarborough, the Mandogalup amendment, the Bush Forever MRS amendment and many other significant planning decisions. They are being dealt with by me as Minister for Planning and by this government.
Mr J.H.D. DAY : We might actually achieve something. There was a lot of talk — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Mr Speaker, the member for Armadale is doing a lot of what she did when she was in government: a lot of talk but not very much action. Several members interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was certainly not a lot of action on real planning reform or on actually considering planning scheme amendments that needed to be considered. When we came into government, a number of significant planning decisions had been pushed aside and put in the too-hard basket, such as City of Stirling scheme amendment 458 in Scarborough, the Mandogalup amendment, the Bush Forever MRS amendment and many other significant planning decisions. They are being dealt with by me as Minister for Planning and by this government.
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Mr Speaker, the member for Armadale is doing a lot of what she did when she was in government: a lot of talk but not very much action. Several members interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was certainly not a lot of action on real planning reform or on actually considering planning scheme amendments that needed to be considered. When we came into government, a number of significant planning decisions had been pushed aside and put in the too-hard basket, such as City of Stirling scheme amendment 458 in Scarborough, the Mandogalup amendment, the Bush Forever MRS amendment and many other significant planning decisions. They are being dealt with by me as Minister for Planning and by this government.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Mr Speaker, the member for Armadale is doing a lot of what she did when she was in government: a lot of talk but not very much action. Several members interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was certainly not a lot of action on real planning reform or on actually considering planning scheme amendments that needed to be considered. When we came into government, a number of significant planning decisions had been pushed aside and put in the too-hard basket, such as City of Stirling scheme amendment 458 in Scarborough, the Mandogalup amendment, the Bush Forever MRS amendment and many other significant planning decisions. They are being dealt with by me as Minister for Planning and by this government.
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Mr Speaker, the member for Armadale is doing a lot of what she did when she was in government: a lot of talk but not very much action. Several members interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was certainly not a lot of action on real planning reform or on actually considering planning scheme amendments that needed to be considered. When we came into government, a number of significant planning decisions had been pushed aside and put in the too-hard basket, such as City of Stirling scheme amendment 458 in Scarborough, the Mandogalup amendment, the Bush Forever MRS amendment and many other significant planning decisions. They are being dealt with by me as Minister for Planning and by this government.
Mr J.H.D. DAY : Mr Speaker, the member for Armadale is doing a lot of what she did when she was in government: a lot of talk but not very much action. Several members interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was certainly not a lot of action on real planning reform or on actually considering planning scheme amendments that needed to be considered. When we came into government, a number of significant planning decisions had been pushed aside and put in the too-hard basket, such as City of Stirling scheme amendment 458 in Scarborough, the Mandogalup amendment, the Bush Forever MRS amendment and many other significant planning decisions. They are being dealt with by me as Minister for Planning and by this government.
Several members interjected. Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was certainly not a lot of action on real planning reform or on actually considering planning scheme amendments that needed to be considered. When we came into government, a number of significant planning decisions had been pushed aside and put in the too-hard basket, such as City of Stirling scheme amendment 458 in Scarborough, the Mandogalup amendment, the Bush Forever MRS amendment and many other significant planning decisions. They are being dealt with by me as Minister for Planning and by this government.
Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was certainly not a lot of action on real planning reform or on actually considering planning scheme amendments that needed to be considered. When we came into government, a number of significant planning decisions had been pushed aside and put in the too-hard basket, such as City of Stirling scheme amendment 458 in Scarborough, the Mandogalup amendment, the Bush Forever MRS amendment and many other significant planning decisions. They are being dealt with by me as Minister for Planning and by this government.
When we came into government, a number of significant planning decisions had been pushed aside and put in the too-hard basket, such as City of Stirling scheme amendment 458 in Scarborough, the Mandogalup amendment, the Bush Forever MRS amendment and many other significant planning decisions. They are being dealt with by me as Minister for Planning and by this government.
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