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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Petra Stock

‘We want builders on site, not filling in forms’: Albanese government cuts red tape in bid to boost home building

The federal minister for housing, Clare O’Neil, and PM Anthony Albanese
The federal minister for housing, Clare O’Neil, and PM Anthony Albanese. ‘It’s too hard to build a home in this country,’ says O’Neil. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

The Albanese government has promised to cut red tape and fast track environmental approvals for new homes in an effort to address Australia’s housing crisis.

On Saturday, the government announced plans to pause further residential changes to the National Construction Code and to streamline the assessment of more than 26,000 homes under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.

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