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Agenda

 
Day One: Monday, 17 May 2010
| Day One | Day Two |
8:30
Registration, refreshments and networking
9:00
Chairman’s opening address
Dr. Peter Phibbs, Urban Research Centre, University of Western Sydney
REGULATION AND POLICY-MAKING
9:10
KEYNOTE: Regulatory reform to meet the challenges for Australia's housing market
  • A national perspective: planning challenges in the face of population growth and the undersupply of homes
  • Understanding the COAG Housing Reforms
  • Strategic Planning Reform in Victoria: solutions to plan and develop affordable and sustainable homes
Yehudi Blacher, Secretary, VIC Department of Planning and Community Development
9:50
VICTORIAN CASE STUDY Availability, usage and delivery of land supply
  • How can Victoria effectively manage the supply, release and value of urban, regional and rural land
  • Does sufficient residential land supply exist in all capital cities?
  • Examining strategies to combine urban development with social and commercial projects
  • The barriers to reaching 7.68 billion m2 of Australian land?
Jeff Gilmore, Executive Director, Planning, Policy and Reform, VIC Department of Planning and Community Development
10:30
Morning tea and refreshments
10:50
Housing supply and affordability
  • How to ensure the rapid development of housing and unblock the supply pipeline in urban, regional and rural Australia
  • Effectively meeting the needs of an evolving population
  • An outline of the critical requirements from the States and Territories in planning reform and land release
  • Benefits of converting the FHOG to a HECS style loan
The Hon. Kevin Andrews MP, Shadow Minister for Families, Housing and Human Services
11:30
KEYNOTE INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDY Housing affordability in Canada
  • Not-for-profit housing and housing cooperatives: the alternative tenancy and ownership models that provide affordable housing
  • Examining the financial models that increase competition and lower mortgage rates, such as guaranteed mortgages
  • What are the regulatory and administrative barriers to implementing alternative models in Australia?
Douglas Stewart, Vice President, Policy and Planning, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
12:10
Lunch
1:10
The implications of taxes, levies and duties on housing development and affordability
  • Land and stamp duties, capital gains tax, land taxation of owner-occupied housing and negative gearing provisions for landlords
  • The findings of the National Tax Review: what we’ve learned, the impacts of tax reform and its influence on housing development, supply and affordability
Barry Diamond, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
DEMOGRAPHICS AND ECONOMICS
1:50
Understanding current housing market conditions and the factors which threaten market stability and prosperity
  • Why housing prices are not an adequate reflection of the property market’s performance: how increasing property prices, falling sales and decreasing home loans are effecting the market
  • How much can the market bare? Examining the rise of interest and mortgage rates
  • The boom-bust cycle: do rising house prices indicate that Australia is heading towards an asset bubble and is increasing interest rates the best solution? Accurately predicting the building of a bubble and preventing the bubble from bursting
  • The aftermath of the global recession: successfully protecting Australia’s economy and population, preparing for economic stabilisation and coming out on top
Paul Braddick, Head of Property and Financial System Research, ANZ
2:30
Housing crisis and the macroeconomic climate
  • The magnitude of house prices: current key drivers and forecasts
  • The true impact of the First Home Owner Grant on the economy
  • The reality of the global economy: where are we now?
  • Why is Australia different? Our housing market, our economy and the outlook for Australia’s future
John Sharma, Macro Economist, NAB
3:10
Afternoon tea and refreshments
3:30
Innovative financing for the homeowner
  • Applying alternative approaches to homeownership financing
  • What is the appeal and what are the risks in shared-equity, negative gearing, reverse mortgages and debt consolidation?
Kevin Conlon, Chief Executive, SEQUAL
4:10
PANEL DISCUSSION
Partners for the ideal housing vision to become a reality
  • What are the opportunities for government to sell regional land and allow new residences to be developed?
  • Lessening regulatory burdens and compliance costs on planning and development to encourage the efficient building of housing
  • Encouraging regional settlement - incentives for regional and rural community growth
  • Does infrastructure follow people? Improving regional and urban infrastructure to serve growing communities
Phil Fagan-Schmidt, Executive Director, Housing SA
Guy Gibson, Regional General Manager, Queensland, Delfin Lend Lease
The Hon. Tom Roper, President, Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council
Sunny Haynes, Director, Social and Economic Development, VicUrban
4:50
Closing remarks from Chairman
5:00
End of day one
 
Day Two: Tuesday, 18 May 2010
| Day One | Day Two |
9:00
Chairman’s opening remarks
Caimin McCabe, Principal, Cundall
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
9:10
The future of planning and the sustainable approach
  • Effectively rejuvenating declining regions, housing on fringe land and planning sustainable communities
  • How regional cities can successfully invest in infrastructure to form sustainable communities in the face of climate change
  • Procure financing, manage regulations, & approval processes and lower planning costs
Neil Savery, Chief Planning Executive, ACT Planning & Land Authority & President, Planning Institute of Australia
9:50
Who should be driving the low carbon transition?
  • Challenges in retrofitting Australian housing
  • Work to date in the technical, policy and social sciences
  • Adaptive low-carbon housing & a framework for eco-innovation
  • Work to do – and at what cost? Why behaviour change, smart technologies or smart meters wont work
Professor Ralph Horne, Director, Centre for Design, RMIT University
10:30
Morning tea and refreshments
10:50
CASE STUDY Greater Springfield: The definitive master-planned community
  • Building the ultimate city from scratch: challenges, lessons and solutions
  • Partnerships to effectively plan, develop and deliver housing in Australia’s remote lands
  • Creating a sustainable community: offering affordability, infrastructure, business, education and health
Maha Sinnathamby, Chairman, Springfield Land Corporation
11:30
Examining alternative housing models and materials
  • Improved building methods & materials to lower carbon emissions
  • Sustainable construction in the face of climate threats
  • Controlling construction, zoning and approval costs while implementing advanced building methods
  • Effectively employing the energy efficiency provisions across residential, commercial, regional and rural markets
Robin Mellon, Green Star Executive Director, Green Building Council Australia
12:10
Lunch
ADAPTING THE SUPPLY-SIDE
1:10
How undersupplied is the Australian housing market?
  • Rising rents, tight vacancy rates, chronic under-building and the danger of a vicious cycle developing
  • How did we get into this mess? Government policy responses
  • What should we do?
Peter Jones, Chief Economist, Master Builders Australia
1:50
Urban development: best practices in responsible urban design, planning and infrastructure
  • Successfully meeting the needs of the growing population and effectively managing urban challenges
  • How can local councils support urban housing plans, ensure the best use of space and improve brownfield and infill land-use?
  • Examining the upcoming National Urban Policy, the State of the Land report and opportunities for a more effective city structure
Peter Sherrie, National President, Urban Development Institute of Australia
2:30
Regulatory improvement in the building industry
  • Examining regulatory burdens on industry, the benefits of harmonising policy, minimising overlap and compliance costs
  • The Variation Reduction Strategy and The National Construction Code: opportunities for change and implementing best practices
  • Solutions for the skilled-labour shortage: a look at industry needs and the opportunities to improve on labour costs and skill-deficits
  • Impacts of regulatory changes on builders working across borders
Graham Wolfe, CEO, Housing Industry Association
3:10
Afternoon tea and refreshments
CHANGE TO HOUSING AFFORDABILITY
3:30
Housing for low-income earners and the homeless: overcoming the affordability crisis and supply-demand imbalance
  • Public and community housing models, challenges and trends: what are the financial, regulatory and planning frameworks that effectively support affordable housing and rental developments?
  • Innovative ownership options for low income Australians
Dr. Peter Phibbs, Professor, Urban Research Centre, University of Western Sydney
4:10
Round-table discussion
Affordable housing schemes across State and Territory Governments and housing for remote and Indigenous communities
  • What is the status of housing affordability in each State?
  • How the Housing Affordability Fund is improving State productivity, creating housing supply and affordability
  • How can the States learn from each other? A discussion on the differing strategies in place across States that allow for Victoria and Queensland to produce homes at twice the rate of NSW and for the ACT to have become the most affordable?
  • Improving current initiatives and examining the opportunities to successfully overcome the severe remote housing shortage, overcrowding and poor conditions for remote and Indigenous communities
  • How local and State authorities can expertly aide remote communities in securing housing
  • Examining the Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing and the National Affordable Housing Agreement
Mike Allen, Chief Executive, Housing NSW
Maureen Sheehan, Executive Director, Housing and Community Services ACT
Mark Dall, Director of Nation Building and Jobs Plan, Division of Housing & Community Building, Department of Human Services VIC
Robin Zakharov, Director, Private Housing Programs, Department of Communities QLD
Grahame Searle, Director General, Department of Housing and Works WA
4:50
Closing remarks from Chairman
5:00
End of Congress
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