Question Time

Housing Supply

The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS (Black—Leader of the Opposition) (14:04): My question is to the Premier. How many homes have been built on land at Hackham, Sellicks Beach, Dry Creek and Concordia since February 2023? With your leave, sir, and that of the house, I will explain.

Leave granted.

The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS: On 12 February 2023, the government announced that up to 23,700 new homes would be built on land to be rezoned as residential at Hackham, Sellicks Beach, Dry Creek and Concordia.

The Hon. N.D. CHAMPION (Taylor—Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Minister for Housing Infrastructure, Minister for Planning) (14:04): I thank the Leader of the Opposition for his question. To answer him, we have embarked on government-led code amendments. We have completed the code amendment for Hackham. They are now—

An honourable member interjecting:

The Hon. N.D. CHAMPION: If you just hear me out. We have concluded the code amendment for Hackham, and we have begun government-led code amendments for Concordia and for Sellicks Beach, and we are currently in that process. As members opposite know, because they could have initiated Sellicks Beach at any time when they were in government, and they could have initiated Concordia at any time when they were in government, it is obvious that rezonings take some time, as does the land division process under councils.

No-one has ever been pretending that these houses are going to appear overnight. It is important to have a pipeline of land supply in the system. Those opposite clogged up that pipeline. Those opposite only rezoned 180 hectares of land in the entire time they were in government. They made no provision for regional housing. And those opposite know that because, when you went to a briefing on regional housing, you all sort of sheepishly came up afterwards and told me what good work it was. So let's not pretend that you are proud of your record in government. We all know that you did nothing on land supply. You left all the hard work for this government.

We now have already doubled the amount of land that you rezoned in four years. We have 90 code amendments, with over 4,000 hectares under rezoning initiated and under consideration, a huge pipeline of work, and we are beginning the process of doing all of the civil infrastructure, all of the civil work, getting the industry ready at the same time as we are the number one on HIA's scorecard for residential starts. So let's not pretend that you have anything to be proud of and that we have anything to be ashamed of. We are pushing through a pipeline of housing supply for the market for the future.