QUESTIONS ON NOTICE › Housing Supply and Affordability Reform (Question No. 593)
Senator Wong: The Treasurer has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question: The Department is working with the States and Territories as part of the Council of Australian Governments' (COAG's) Housing Supply and Affordability Reform (HSAR) agenda on an examination of zoning and planning processes and governance. The Department was also consulted in the Productivity Commission's preparation of its study on Performance Benchmarking of Australian Business Regulation: Planning, Zoning and Development Assessment. The Department is engaged in the COAG Reform Council's work on planning under the Capital Cities Strategic Planning Systems The National Urban Policy was released by the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, the Hon Anthony Albanese MP on 10 May 2011. The Department chairs the HSAR Working Party that is preparing the final HSAR report to COAG later this year.