❓ Mrs O'Malley asks about the government's efforts to increase housing supply and innovative construction solutions. The Premier highlights increased home builds, red tape reduction, and a new advanced manufacturing facility proposal to boost productivity and deliver more homes.
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Housing—Supply
550. Mrs Lisa O'Malley to
the Premier:
I refer to the Cook
Labor government's commitment to ensuring every Western Australian has a home.
Can the Premier
update the house on how the government is working to increase housing, and can
he advise how innovative solutions in construction will help deliver more
homes?
Ms Sandra Brewer interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Cottesloe, there is no need
for you to be talking.
550. Mrs Lisa O'Malley to
the Premier:
I refer to the Cook
Labor government's commitment to ensuring every Western Australian has a home.
Can the Premier
update the house on how the government is working to increase housing, and can
he advise how innovative solutions in construction will help deliver more
homes?
Ms Sandra Brewer interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Cottesloe, there is no need
for you to be talking.
AnswerView source ↗
Mr Speaker, I did
not even got to my feet and the member for Cottesloe found a need to interject.
It is a bit like the Leader of the Opposition—a commentator from the
sidelines!
Western Australia
built 22,600 homes last financial year. That is a 25.1% increase on the build
the previous year and it is the strongest growth in the nation. As result, we
are closing in on the Commonwealth's target of 25,000 homes a year. Meanwhile,
many other states are falling behind. We are a government that is trying
everything to cut red tape and accelerate supply. We created the best planning
system in the country, we are training and recruiting more tradies, and we have
record investment in social and affordable housing.
But the Holy Grail
for more housing supply is boosting productivity. We want to supplement the
great work of our local construction industry with innovative solutions, and that
is what today's announcement from Treasurer Rita Saffioti and the Minister for
Housing and Works John Carey, is all about. We believe a major new advanced
manufacturing facility can be part of the solution. The concept is basically a
factory for more homes. Components for homes are made over and over again,
delivering quality, efficiencies and economies of scale. We believe it could be
a game changer for the delivery of medium and high-density housing in Western
Australia. Additionally, it could help with other major non-residential
infrastructure projects. Today, we put the call out to industry to submit
proposals. We will supply the land; they will supply the factory. There is
ample evidence that these facilities work well in other parts of the country
and in other parts of the world, and they can support faster construction
through the streamlined design and fabrication of key components. What is more,
this work builds on my government's priority of ensuring that every Western
Australian has a home. This work builds on our $5.8 billion investment in
housing and homelessness measures since 2021. It builds on the more than 3,500
social homes that we have delivered and it builds on our work to cut red tape
for housing developments and to make more things here in WA.
not even got to my feet and the member for Cottesloe found a need to interject.
It is a bit like the Leader of the Opposition—a commentator from the
sidelines!
Western Australia
built 22,600 homes last financial year. That is a 25.1% increase on the build
the previous year and it is the strongest growth in the nation. As result, we
are closing in on the Commonwealth's target of 25,000 homes a year. Meanwhile,
many other states are falling behind. We are a government that is trying
everything to cut red tape and accelerate supply. We created the best planning
system in the country, we are training and recruiting more tradies, and we have
record investment in social and affordable housing.
But the Holy Grail
for more housing supply is boosting productivity. We want to supplement the
great work of our local construction industry with innovative solutions, and that
is what today's announcement from Treasurer Rita Saffioti and the Minister for
Housing and Works John Carey, is all about. We believe a major new advanced
manufacturing facility can be part of the solution. The concept is basically a
factory for more homes. Components for homes are made over and over again,
delivering quality, efficiencies and economies of scale. We believe it could be
a game changer for the delivery of medium and high-density housing in Western
Australia. Additionally, it could help with other major non-residential
infrastructure projects. Today, we put the call out to industry to submit
proposals. We will supply the land; they will supply the factory. There is
ample evidence that these facilities work well in other parts of the country
and in other parts of the world, and they can support faster construction
through the streamlined design and fabrication of key components. What is more,
this work builds on my government's priority of ensuring that every Western
Australian has a home. This work builds on our $5.8 billion investment in
housing and homelessness measures since 2021. It builds on the more than 3,500
social homes that we have delivered and it builds on our work to cut red tape
for housing developments and to make more things here in WA.
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