Urban Taskforce Australia

Urban Taskforce Australia Representing Australia's property developers and equity financiers

Urban Taskforce CEO, Tom Forrest, has been quoted in the Daily Telegraph, criticising what UTA describes as a dismal per...
10/07/2026

Urban Taskforce CEO, Tom Forrest, has been quoted in the Daily Telegraph, criticising what UTA describes as a dismal performance by the North Sydney Council, with zero development approvals in May.

To read the article, click the link* below:
https://lnkd.in/gdS5bXK3

*Please note the article may be behind a paywall.

Urban Taskforce CEO, Tom Forrest, said that today’s quarterly ABS commencements and completions statistics reflect a sha...
08/07/2026

Urban Taskforce CEO, Tom Forrest, said that today’s quarterly ABS commencements and completions statistics reflect a sharp downturn in confidence and housing project feasibility.

Today’s data is for the period between the start of the year and the end of March when we saw two interest rate rises (the third came in May) and the start of the war in the Gulf.

Urban Taskforce warned that the impact of the interest rate rises spelt danger for the Housing Accord targets and today’s data shows that this was correct.

To read the full release, click the link below -
https://www.urbantaskforce.com.au/media-release-abs-quarterly-commencements-and-completions-data-shows-a-decline-in-housing-supply/

Urban Taskforce Australia, CEO Tom Forrest, warned that NSW’s housing shortfall will worsen unless more is done, with th...
02/07/2026

Urban Taskforce Australia, CEO Tom Forrest, warned that NSW’s housing shortfall will worsen unless more is done, with the latest approvals data showing the state is only approving around 70 per cent of the homes needed each month to meet its Housing Accord target.

“There is always a drop-off between approvals and building completions, particularly when interest rates go up, so more needs to be done,” he said.

To read the SMH article, click the link below (may be paywall protected) -

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/nsw-was-meant-to-have-built-75-000-homes-a-year-for-the-past-two-years-the-reality-isn-t-even-close-20260701-p60bld.html

Urban Taskforce’s concerns about NSW’s slow housing approvals were picked up in radio news bulletins across the country,...
01/07/2026

Urban Taskforce’s concerns about NSW’s slow housing approvals were picked up in radio news bulletins across the country, including on 2GB during Ben Fordham Live.

Following an Urban Taskforce media release yesterday saying the latest ABS data shows Australia is still falling well short on housing supply, CEO Tom Forrest told 2GB: “We need to have about 7,000 homes approved to be built every month. At the moment we're getting about 4,500. So, you can see we're well behind.”

The story was picked up in 20 broadcast mentions across 15 radio stations, including 2GB, 2UE, 4BC, Coast FM, 2CHR, 2WEB Outback Radio, Eagle FM, 2CC Canberra, 2CA Canberra, Crow FM, Sonshine FM, Ultra106five and 3KND.

ABS data on new dwelling approvals: consistently under-achievingUrban Taskforce Australia CEO, Tom Forrest, said today t...
01/07/2026

ABS data on new dwelling approvals: consistently under-achieving

Urban Taskforce Australia CEO, Tom Forrest, said today that ABS housing data for new dwelling construction approvals across Australia in May 2026 shows a small decline in May from the data recorded for April 2026. When we are so far behind the targets, we need to improving every month, not going backwards.

However, based on the data over the past 12 months, there is a modest increase in the number of approvals, albeit, well below the numbers required to meet the National Housing Accord targets.

To read the full release, click the link below -
https://www.urbantaskforce.com.au/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/260701-ABS-data-on-new-dwelling-approvals.pdf

Urban Taskforce Australia CEO Tom Forrest joined Nick Rheinberger on ABC Illawarra today, welcoming the commencement of ...
01/07/2026

Urban Taskforce Australia CEO Tom Forrest joined Nick Rheinberger on ABC Illawarra today, welcoming the commencement of operations of the new Development Coordination Authority as a practical step to cut red tape, speed up planning approvals and help get more homes delivered.

To listen to the clip, click the link below -

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/illawarra-mornings/mornings/106851598 (and scroll to 13:55)

Thank you to Bank of Sydney, JAPM, TURNER STUDIO and Holding Redlich, for joining us at the Urban Taskforce 2026 Develop...
01/07/2026

Thank you to Bank of Sydney, JAPM, TURNER STUDIO and Holding Redlich, for joining us at the Urban Taskforce 2026 Development Excellence Awards.

It was a huge night, with more than 500 guests in attendance in a packed ballroom at the Sheraton Grand Sydney. We are grateful to everyone who joined us for a wonderful evening celebrating development excellence across NSW.

Thank you to Vincent Young's Petar Vladeta Brett Vincent & Pope Property's Chris Pope (seated at the table below), for j...
01/07/2026

Thank you to Vincent Young's Petar Vladeta Brett Vincent & Pope Property's Chris Pope (seated at the table below), for joining us at the Urban Taskforce 2026 Development Excellence Awards.

It was a huge night, with more than 500 guests in attendance in a packed ballroom at the Sheraton Grand Sydney. We are grateful to everyone who joined us for a wonderful evening celebrating development excellence across NSW.

Thank you to SRM Residential for joining us at the Urban Taskforce 2026 Development Excellence Awards.It was a huge nigh...
30/06/2026

Thank you to SRM Residential for joining us at the Urban Taskforce 2026 Development Excellence Awards.

It was a huge night, with more than 500 guests in attendance in a packed ballroom at the Sheraton Grand Sydney.

We are grateful to everyone who joined us for a wonderful evening celebrating development excellence across NSW. See below a photo of the SRM team at their table on the night.

Thank you to Greenfields Development Company for joining us at the Urban Taskforce 2026 Development Excellence Awards.It...
30/06/2026

Thank you to Greenfields Development Company for joining us at the Urban Taskforce 2026 Development Excellence Awards.

It was a huge night, with more than 500 guests in attendance in a packed ballroom at the Sheraton Grand Sydney.

We are grateful to everyone who joined us for a wonderful evening celebrating development excellence across NSW. See below a photo of the Greenfields team at their table on the night.

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