Submissions

• Retention of current arrangements for negative gearing of property investments.
• No Capital Gains Taxes (CGT) on the family home.
• No increase in CGT on property investments.
• Removal of stamp duty on property transactions.
• An increase in the First Home Owners Grant.
• The implementation of a scheme to allow first home buyers access to their superannuation for the purchase of a home.
• Monitoring of the Housing Affordability Fund (HAF) and National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS) to observe its effects on housing supply and to conduct a review which considers additional measures to bridge the demand - supply imbalance.
• Ensuring that the National Housing Supply publishes its State of Supply Report in a timely manner.
• The appointment of a National Small Business Commissioner.

DOWNLOAD REIA'S 2012 PRE-BUDGET SUBMISSION.

• retention of current arrangements for negative gearing of property
• no increase in Capital Gains Tax (CGT) on the family home or on property investments
• removal of stamp duty on property transactions
• a review of the amount of the First Home Owners Grant (FHOG)
• the ability of first home buyers to access their superannuation early for the purchase of a home
• a commitment from the Federal Government to monitor the Housing Affordability Fund (HAF) and National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS) to observe its effects on housing supply and to conduct a review which considers additional measures to bridge the demand supply imbalance.
  

DOWNLOAD REIA'S 2011 PRE-BUDGET SUBMISSION.

• retention of current arrangements for negative gearing of property
• no increase in CGT on the family home or on property investments
• a review of the amount of the FHOG
• the ability of first home buyers to access their superannuation early for the purchase of a home
• a review of the Government's Deposit Guarantee Scheme
  
• a commitment from the Government to Monitor the HAF and NRAS to observe its effects on housing supply and to conduct a review which considers additional measures to bridge the demand supply imbalance.
  

DOWNLOAD REIA'S 2010 PRE-BUDGET SUBMISSION.

• a revision of the Commonwealth Government's Guarantee Scheme for Large Deposits and Wholesale Funding (Scheme) to exempt real estate trust funds
• retention of current arrangements for negative gearing of property
• reform of CGT to a sliding scale
• a review of the boost to the FHOG to assess effectiveness prior to its cessation
• the ability of first home buyers to access their superannuation early for the purchase of a home
• a commitment from the Government to an early implementation of the Intergovernmental Agreement on tax reform and the elimination of inefficient state taxes under the Henry Review reforms
• a commitment from the Government to provide adequate resourcing to the Council of Australia Governments (COAG) process to facilitate the endorsement and implementation for a uniform Torrens Title Act
• a commitment from the Government to provide adequate resourcing for the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI).

DOWNLOAD REIA'S 2009 PRE-BUDGET SUBMISSION.

2008 SUBMISSIONS

• National Rental Affordability Scheme – technical discussion paper
• Australian Industrial Relations Commission Award Modernisation
• Productivity Commission Review of Maternity, Paternity and Parental Leave Arrangements in Australia
• Senate Committee Inquiry into Housing Affordability
• Senate Committee Inquiry into State Government Financial Management
• First Home Saver Accounts – Discussion paper and exposure draft legislation
• Component Pricing – Exposure draft legislation

2007 SUBMISSIONS

• Privacy and Residential Tenancy Databases – Exposure draft legislation
• Unlisted and Unrated Debentures – Australian Securities and Investment Commission Discussion paper
• Business Benchmarking – Productivity Commission Research Project
• Review of the Privacy Act (Australian Law Reform Commission)
• Property investment advice (Victorian Law Reform Commission)
• Retail tenancy leases (Productivity Commission)
• Management rights schemes (ASIC)
• Review of the consumer protection policy framework (Productivity Commission)
• Piece rates (Australian Fair Pay Commission)
• Defining small business (Treasury)
• Review of Class 2 and Class 3 building classifications (Australian Building Codes Board)

2006 SUBMISSIONS

• Industry Standard for the making of telemarketing calls (ACMA)
• Proposed superannuation changes in the Federal Budget (Treasury)
• National Mandatory Disclosure Requirement of Energy Efficiency in Residential Dwellings (Australian Greenhouse Office)
• GST Treatment of Residential Premises (Treasury)
• Sustainability Charter (House of Representatives Standing Committee on Environment and Heritage)
• Guides to Authorisations and Notifications (ACCC)

2005 SUBMISSIONS

• National Mandatory Disclosure Requirement of Energy Efficiency in Residential Dwellings (Australian Greenhouse Office)
• Do Not Call Register (Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts)
• Privacy Act 1988 (Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee)
• Regulation of property investment advice (Joint Houses Corporations and Financial Services Committee)
• Industry-based complaints and discipline data systems (Professional Standards Council)
• Improving the superannuation savings of people under 40 (House of Representatives Economics, Finance and Administration Committee)
• Authorisation of general insurance arrangers (ASIC)
• Reducing the regulatory burden on business (Regulation Taskforce)
• Services Industry Survey (Australian Bureau of Statistics)
• GST price advertising (ACCC)
• Home ownership, superannuation and self-funded retirement

2004 SUBMISSIONS

• General Agreement on Trade in Services (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade)
• Residential tenancy databases (Ministerial Council on Consumer Affairs)
• Anti-money laundering (Attorney-General's Department)
• Changes to the Building Code of Australia for disabled access to buildings (Building Commission)
• National competition policy (Productivity Commission)
• Harmonisation of estate agent regulation (Standing Committee of Officials of Consumer Affairs)
• Australia and New Zealand competition and consumer protection regimes (Productivity Commission)
• Economic implications of an ageing Australia (Productivity Commission)
• Property investment advice (Ministerial Council on Consumer Affairs)
• Private sector provisions of the Privacy Act 1988 (Privacy Commission)

2003 SUBMISSIONS

• Mutual recognition arrangements (Productivity Commission)
• First home ownership (Productivity Commission)
• Guidelines for developing effective voluntary codes (ACCC)
• Valuers and the Privacy Act (Privacy Commission)
• Review of Foreign Investment Review Board Guidelines

2002 SUBMISSIONS

• Commonwealth/State funding - reform of state property taxes (Treasury)