Media Releases
Below is a list of recent media releases produced by UDIA (Qld) and other relevant parties:
>15 June 2010
| UDIA (Qld) Telstra State Conference gets the edge | |
| The UDIA (Qld) Telstra 2010 State Conference is a must for all
developers, consultants and anyone with an interest in property development.
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>26 May 2010
| Government moves in the right direction on housing |
| The Urban Development Institute of Australia (Qld) supports the Queensland Government's responses to the outcomes of the recent growth summit. |
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>6 May 2010
| Federal Budget must support housing supply and affordability agenda |
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| The Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA), the peak body for the development industry in Australia, has outlined the need for the upcoming Federal Budget to ensure the implementation of the COAG agenda on Housing Supply and Affordability. | |
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>22 April 2010
| Chance for women to shine in development industry |
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| Women in the development industry throughout Queensland are being called
on to nominate themselves or another brilliant woman for industry
recognition following the official launch of the Annual Women in
Development Excellence Awards. |
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>3 April 2010
| Too little too late | |
| UDIA (Qld) State President Warren Harris today called on Queensland Regional Mayors to establish development taskforces on behalf of construction and development workers throughout the state. |
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>29 March 2010
| Local developers seek greater sustainability outcomes | |
| Acknowledging the sustainability goals advocated by Sunshine Coast Regional Council, the local branch of the Urban Development Institute of Australia is promoting the national EnviroDevelopment program for adoption locally. |
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>26 March 2010
| Queensland’s perfect storm wreaks havoc on housing construction, affordability - Access Economics identifies major finance and supply issues | |
| The UDIA (Qld) has today called for the State Government to take immediate action to address the rapid decline of Queensland’s housing sector following the release of independent economic analysis. |
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>18 March
| Council supports local jobs | |
| Industry leaders have welcomed a Council move to stimulate work opportunities for more than 40,000 Gold Coasters employed in the city’s struggling construction and property sectors. |
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>12 March
| Healthy development industry vital for economic growth in Qld | |
| The Queensland development industry is the fourth largest contributor to the state’s economic output, according to an independent research report released on Monday. |
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>11 March
| Greater Springfield Cleans up at UDIA 2010 National Awards | |
| Springfield Land Corporation’s city building project of Greater Springfield is a multiple winner at the Urban Development Institute of Australia’s 2010 National Awards for Excellence. |
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| The Barracks Scoops National Award |
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| The Barracks has scooped the Urban Development Institute of Australia’s 2010 National Awards for Excellence in Urban Renewal. |
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>9 March
| Reforming Queensland's Land Valuation System |
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| Premier Anna Bligh today announced significant changes to the Queensland land valuations system to provide greater certainty and align Queensland with other States. |
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>26 February
| Ban the banners legislation to be revised for building covenants |
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| Minister for Infrastructure and Planning Stirling Hinchliffe has announced the State Government’s intention to revise the “Ban the Banners” legislation as it relates to building covenants. |
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>18 February
| Outrage at Valuation of Land Act Amendment Bill |
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| Queensland State President of the Urban Development Institute of Australia, Warren Harris, today called on all developers and business proprietors in Queensland to contact their local Member of Parliament and call for an independent, public inquiry into the debacle associated with the Valuation of Land Act Amendment Bill. | |
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>8 February
| Fraser Coast Regional Council and UDIA see a bright future |
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| The UDIA and Fraser Coast Regional Council see a bright future for the Fraser Coast. The two groups meet for the second time on Friday (February 5) as part of regular consultative meetings aimed at improving communications between the two. |
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| New UDIA branch hits the ground running |
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| Twelve key figures in the Bundaberg development industry have become foundation members of the newest branch of the Urban Development Institute of Australia (Qld). The newly formed UDIA (Qld) Bundaberg branch has hit the ground running with a hefty agenda of action. |
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>20 January
| Development industry accolades up for grabs |
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| The UDIA Queensland Boral Awards for Excellence 2010 are now open. The development industry’s peak representative body invites developers across Queensland to enter their best projects to win the industry’s most prestigious and highly respected accolades. |
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>8 December
| UDIA National: Development industry welcomes COAG cities planning announcement |
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| COAG’s announcement that the State and Territories will have capital city strategic plans by 2012 has been warmly welcomed by the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA). UDIA National President Stephen Holmes said that, "The Rudd Government has committed to re-engaging with the engine room of the economy, our major capital cities." | |
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>7 December
| Industry applauds taskforce and calls for immediate affordability assistance |
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| UDIA (Qld) President Warren Harris today congratulated the Premier, The Honourable Anna Bligh, for taking the decisive step to appoint a distinguished panel of experts to advise the Queensland Government on all issues associated with future growth in South East Queensland, ahead of the population growth summit to be held on March 30th and 31st 2010. |
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>4 December
| Development report confirms industry concerns |
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| Developers are being forced to rethink plans for future retail and commercial projects in Townsville under a recently adopted infrastructure charges regime, according to a new report. |
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>5 November
| New EnviroDevelopment Standards raise the bar for sustainability | |
| An outstanding sustainable development project has been unveiled today (5 November 2009) as the first to be certified under the new Queensland EnviroDevelopment Standards, version 2.0. |
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>2 November 2009
| Industry stars shine at the Women in Development Excellence Awards 2009 |
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| The theme of Shimmer, Sparkle and Shine set the tone for the evening at the 2009 Women in Development Excellence Awards, held at one of Brisbane's most glamourous new venues, Mirra, Fortitude Valley, on Friday 30th October. | |
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>29 October 2009
| Queensland ranked as undersupplied state | |
| A new report released today by the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA National) (Thursday, 29 October 2009) ranked Queensland’s capital second last in terms of land supply to meet population demand. |
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>22 September 2009
| State Conference highlights development industry's tough road ahead |
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| UDIA (Qld) President Warren Harris today discussed the content of the forthcoming UDIA (Qld) State Conference to be held at the Holiday Inn, Surfers Paradise, on Thursday 1st and Friday 2nd October 2009. |
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>21 September 2009
| EnviroDevelopment Launched in Western Australia |
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| The national rollout of the Queensland-born EnviroDevelopment initiative continues to gain momentum following a launch and formal certification of projects in Western Australia today. |
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>28 August 2009
| Planning minister to visit Moreton Bay |
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| Minister for Planning, Stirling Hinchliffe, will speak at the inaugural breakfast of the Moreton Bay Region’s new Urban Development Institute of Australia (QLD) Branch. |
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>14 July 2009
| Nominations open for development's top-performing women |
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Women in the Queensland development industry are being called on to nominate themselves or another brilliant woman for industry recognition following the official launch of the 4th annual Women in Development Excellence Awards this week. |
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>13 July 2009
| Bleak building report for Sunshine State |
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A new report to be launched today by the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) (Monday, 13 July 2009) paints a bleak picture of the Queensland building industry and warns of massive job losses, housing undersupply and further loss of government revenue in the future. |
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> 1 July 2009
| Queensland dwelling approvals and unemployment shock |
| The Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) Queensland has expressed grave concern regarding the forthcoming twelve months for the residential property sector, following the release of ABS unemployment and housing approval data. |
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>17 June 2009
| Industry warns: council budgets could spike unemployment |
| As Queensland councils prepare to hand down their budgets, the housing industry has urged them to curb the devastating economic effects of increasing development charges. |
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>11 June 2009
| UDIA budget wish list to cost nothing, recover billions |
| The Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) has revealed its State Budget Wish List calling for budget concessions which would recover, rather than drain state funds. |
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>4 May 2009
| Industry report warns of massive job losses |
| With detailed industry sector jobless figures to be released this week, the peak body for the Queensland development industry has warned damage to this sector will be far reaching. |
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>24 April 2009
| New president for industry in recovery |
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New Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) Queensland President Warren Harris pledged to make industry jobs the number one priority for his term of leadership after his appointment last night (Thursday, April 23). |
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>10 March
| Building approvals plummet to 5 year low |
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| The peak bodies representing Queensland’s development, construction and property industries, today (10 March 2009) released disturbing figures showing a halving in the Queensland housing approval rate for the November, December, January quarter compared with the last five years. |
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>19 February
| Government report won't help with job creation |
| The Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) Queensland has welcomed the announcement today (19 February 2009) by Deputy Premier Paul Lucas that comprehensive reporting of development application data will be published annually but called for more immediate measures to address industry job losses. |
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>3 February
| Hope in troubled times as UDIA launches Moreton Bay branch |
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