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March 5, 2024March 5, 2024

ACCC Childcare Inquiry Final Report December 2023

The ACCC Childcare Inquiry-final report December 2023 (released on January 29, 2024) provides insights into the childcare market and investment landscape. Several key findings from the report are summarised below:

March 5, 2024March 20, 2024

A new development possibility – the Future Homes program! & Upcoming Event (11 April 2024)

The Future Homes program aims to simplify the process of constructing better apartments in Victoria and increase housing supply. Future Homes are pre-designed three storey apartments in well-connected locations across Victoria that provide high amenity living.

Designs: The program offers four sets of site-less Future Homes designs for purchase. Each design has a unique style, layout, and is suitable for 3-storey apartment buildings. These designs can be easily adapted to different neighbourhoods and sites across Victoria.

These so-called “off-the-shelf designs” or “pre-designed” apartment design templates can be adapted to a range of residential uses, and built through a streamlined planning approval and construction process.

December 22, 2023February 2, 2024

E-News – Dec 2023 – Merry Christmas And Happy New Year

Seasons Greetings and warm wishes for a joyous New Year!

As we celebrate this wonderful time of the year, we want to express our heartfelt gratitude for having such fantastic clients like you. Your support is incredibly meaningful to us, and we look forward to a year ahead filled with great success.

Seasons Greetings and warm wishes for a joyous New Year!

September 21, 2023November 13, 2023

The Victorian Housing Statement: build more homes, and they’ll be more affordable. Here is the TOP priority action list of the Victorian Government.

Today, the Victorian Government released its Housing Statement as the first step to kick off the critical work asap to build the homes, suburbs and communities.

The Victorian Government is setting a bold target to build 800,000 homes in Victoria over the next decade, with a list of key priorities identified below, along with our high-level thoughts and suggestions. The Victorian Housing Statement can be accessed here.

August 21, 2023August 21, 2023

Victoria’s Visitor Economy Recovery Milestone

Victoria’s visitor economy has reached a significant milestone, with the recent announcement that tourism spending in the state has reached a record-breaking $35 billion, surpassing the 2024 tourism target set for the industry 15 months ahead of schedule!

The latest national and international visitor economy figures, just released by Tourism Research Australia for the year ending March 2023, show that the State attracted an impressive 22.1% of Australia’s total visitor expenditure. Melbourne also retained its status as the top interstate overnight leisure destination, continuing its recent success landing the top spot for the Country on the World’s Most Liveable Cities list (placing third overall).

August 4, 2023August 4, 2023

Getting to know the thriving sector of the retirement living

With baby boomers are getting older, the retirement living sector is considered a thriving industry for investment. To gain insights into this sector, we attended The National Retirement Living Summit on the Gold Coast in June 2023, hosted by Property Council of Australia. Our Directors were fortunate to attend this fantastic event and engage with inspiring speakers on the value the retirement living sector offers in response to the demographic challenge that is Australia’s ageing population.

August 4, 2023August 4, 2023

What is happening in the Australian Office Market? Past, Present, and Future

We had the pleasure of attending the ‘Office Market Report’ Event, organised by Property Council of Australia on 3 August 2023. The event was truly valuable and providing compelling insights into the economic outlook and office market – see below:

October 10, 2022October 10, 2022

Childcare Sector – Government Intervention and the Challenges Ahead

On both a federal and state level, major changes planned in childcare are expected to have implications for parents, centre operators and childcare workers.

Across the nation, the federal government is proposing for an increase in childcare subsidies to reduce out-of-pocket expenses for 1.26 Australian families with children in care. These changes are expected to take place to take place as early as July 2023. Subsidies will continue to vary for households depending on annual income – households with a combined income of $75,000 will receive a 90% subsidy, $500,000 a year will receive 7% and those earning $530,000 above will not be eligible for any subsidies.

September 20, 2022September 20, 2022

We are proudly sponsoring another Healthcare & Social Infrastructure event run by CBRE in this October!

Is 2022 the year of recovery? COVID-19 has re-defined the healthcare and childcare sectors. What happened before? What is happening now? Where next for these sectors? Have you seen and captured any opportunities? What opportunities have you missed out on? The questions go on.

We are proudly sponsoring another Healthcare & Social Infrastructure event run by CBRE. This prestige event is scheduled on Thursday 13 October at Crown Palladium, with a full house of 300 attendees registered. This will be an informative event, with ample networking opportunities.

August 19, 2022December 22, 2023

Victorian Virtual Emergency Department Initiative

The Victorian Government announced the Victorian Virtual Emergency Department Initiative (VVED) in February 2022. This was introduced in response to the emergency departments (EDs) of Victorian hospitals being struggling to keep up with the increasing demand for ED care. This is a $21 million investment.

Referrals from Ambulance Victoria and Healthcare Professionals, including GPs to use the service and patients can connect with the triage nurse waiting room.

The benefits of this initiative include:

Emergency Department diversion of 75%
Greater access to other Healthcare
Professionals
Extending paramedic scope
Enhanced safety netting