14 September 2009
Welcome to our September edition of REM Insights, in which we'll look at some government initiatives in two key areas. First, we'll see how governments are trying to stimulate private-sector investment in affordable housing. We'll then take a national view of reforms to planning laws - can we achieve some uniformity?
Finally in this edition we'll look at how mortgagees in NSW will need to review their activities in the light of reforms to the laws in that State.
By Gary Best and Kirsten Matthews.
By Peter McMahon and Crystal Eggleton.
By Nick Thomas.
The Council of Australian Governments meeting in June 2009 produced some significant initiatives in planning reform, as Nick Thomas explains.