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Overview

The Real Estate Institute of Australia maintains a strong relationship with Federal Government, bureaucrats and the media, through formal and informal lobbying and the release of policy statements and research on a range of property, taxation and economic issues. The Institute continues to identify, formulate, encourage and promote public policies that contribute to an economic and political environment favourable to the real estate industry, and small business generally.

Submissions to Government

REIA regularly makes submissions to Government on a range of issues likely to impact real estate practice and the property market. It also responds to Discussion Papers released by Government. For more information on REIA submissions to Government, click here.

2007 Submissions

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)
Impact of public liability and professional indemnity insurance cost increases (Senate Economic Reference Committee)