News & Publications

The Next 5kms – It’s a wrap!

Thank you to all our members who attended last week’s EnviroDevelopment event in Brisbane, The Next 5ms – Beyond the City Centre.

At this packed-out event, over 150 attendees heard from guest speakers from Brisbane City Council, Economic Associates and Cardno HRP about the ins and outs of what makes a project successful on the city fringe.

Update on Koala conservation status

In June we alerted you to a decision by the State Government to list the koala as ‘vulnerable’ throughout Queensland.

DEHP has just advised us that they are now seeking to upgrade the conservation status of 130 protected wildlife species, (46 animals and 84 plants) under the Nature Conservation Act 1992. These changes are expected to take effect on or before 7 September. 

Will new ‘protected plants’ impact your development?

The Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (DEHP) has informed us of coming changes to the conservation status of plants. New developments could now be captured and triggered for an approval process, surveys and a fee. 

Draft Planning Bills get release date

We’ve just been informed that draft new planning Bills will be released for public consultation in mid-September. This puts the industry at a critical juncture.

Planning reform - funding implementation

The State Budget included generous funding for the Department of Local Government Infrastructure and Planning to support the implementation of planning reforms - approximately $30m in 2015-16 and a further $30m over the forward estimates. 

Planning reform - how to get involved

We are holding several events around planning reforms – including a regional roadshow – and we invite you to come along to participate in the change our industry is seeking.

Planning reform – the key issues

In consultation with our members, we identified decision rules and levels of assessment under new planning Bills as the most critical aspect of reforms.

10 Reasons why you CANNOT MISS the Queensland developers’ event of the year

Only ten weeks to go until the 2015 Annual Developer Conference. We can think of dozens of reasons to REGISTER RIGHT NOW but here’s our top 10…

Help us defend performance based planning

We need YOUR input – what are Queensland’s most popular, iconic and innovative development projects of the last decade?

Message from the UDIA National President

The last few months have seen a major resurrection of the tax debate at a national level, with renewed discussion around key issues such as stamp duty, GST, and negative gearing.