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BRISBANE City Council and the State Government are at loggerheads over a new 25-year development blueprint

for the region, with popula­tion growth forecasts so large that they suggest an unpre­cedented building boom will be needed to house everyone.

According to the council, an additional 7700 new dwell­ings would need to be con-

structed every year - 2500 more than were built each year over the past five years of the apartment boom.

But the Government says the council is just trying to "shirk its responsibility". REPORTS 1'~·5

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FORMER premier Campbell Newman has warned that the next Queensland govern­ment will have to rule in partnership with Pauline Hanson's One Nation.

Mr Newman said neither the LNP nor Labor was cur­rently capable of winning the next election m its own right - while One Nation could claim up to 11 seats.

A Galaxy poll, conducted for The Courier-Mail, found

16 per cent of Queenslanders plan to vote for One Nation.

But Mr Newman said he suspected the result actually underestimated the party's support - as US polling had done with Donald Trump. REPCRTP9

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INNER Brisbane apart­ment sales jumped 17 per cent in the September quarter, latest industry fig­ures show, flying in the face of oversupply con­cerns by the Reserve Bank.

Close to $335 million worth of apartments were sold in three months, the latest Place Advisory Inner Brisbane Apartment Report found, with 542 unconditional transactions - in line with the IO-year average.

Samantha Platt, who was among the first to

put money down on a Chester apartment in Newstead, plans to move in with her husband as empty-nesters.

"It was the location, being so close to Jam es St and the absolute quality of the finishes," she said. Ms Platt (pictured), who owns multiple properties in Brisbane, said the mar­ket worked in cycles: "Buy a quality property in a quality location, built by a quality builder "

The average price of apartments sold was $617,297, a 5 per cent quarterly jump.

Council and state square off over plan CHARLIE PEEL TOM SNOWDON

BRISBANE IS facing a build­ing and infrastructure crisis under the State Government's development blueprint for the region, Bnsbane City Council has claimed.

The draft South East Queensland Regional Plan has sparked a heated dispute between the two jurisdict10ns, Wlth the Council arguing the benchmark for new dwellings 1s way too ambitious.

However Infrastructure and Planning Minister Jackie Trad has accused council of playing politics Wlth the issue and accused them of "shirk­ing" their responsibilities.

She said there were "un­precedented levels" of en­gagement with council on the regional plan, and the Council should stop wasting their money on an "absurd political stunt"

Brisbane will need 7700 new dwellings constructed each year for the next 25 years to meet the populatwn growth forecast m the plan

Despite the "apartment boom", the council claims the city has only averaged 5333 new dwellings each year in the past five years - a figure dis­puted by the State Govern­ment and housing industry.

Of the 194,000 new resi­dential dwellings to be built in Brisbane by 2041, 94 per cent will be built m existing urban areas (infill) and the remain­ing 6 per cent in undeveloped (greenfield) areas.

The draft plan would result in 67,000 more infill dwellings

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than the urban supply model used for the council's Local Government Infrastructure Plan, and the council believes existing infrastructure - par­ticularly transport - would not be able to meet demand.

In response, City Planning chairman Juhan Simmonds -who stood shoulder to shoul­der with mayors and Ms Trad at the plan's release in Octo­ber - raised a successful mo-

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tion at last night's council meeting calling on the State Government to amend its 2016 State Infrastructure Plan.

The move prompted Ms Trad to accuse Lord Mayor Graham Quirk of playing politics with the issue.

"I am deeply disappointed that BCC has wasted thou­sands of ratepayer dollars on an absurd political stunt when

they should be focusing on their own responsibilities of delivering local roads, green space and infrastructure," Ms Trad said.

"I ensured that this process had unprecedented levels of engagement and every south­east Queensland council was involved every step of the way.

"At no point were any con­cerns raised by the Lord Mayor, Cr Simmonds or any council

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officers about their ability to deliver the draft Plan."

Ms Trad accused the coun­cil of "shirking its responsibil­ity" and said residents and developers were concerned by a "lack of transparency" over the council's spending of in­frastructure contributions.

Cr Quirk questioned whether Labor Government ministers would support population targets outlined in

the plan amid public backlash over large developments.

He cited last year's call-in of the controversial Cedar Woods development in Upper Kedron as an example.

"I do have little trust or faith that when the going gets tough out there in the com­munity, that they will back their plan," Cr Quirk said.

Ms Trad sent a letter to Cr Quirk, saying council approv-

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als were already on track to meet the plan's growth bench­mark. But Cr Quirk said rely­ing on approvals to chart growth was nonsense because only about half of the build­ings ever got built

"The target is the number of dwellings - the actual hous­es built," Cr Quirk said.

The draft SEQ Regional Plan is open to community subrrussions until March 2017.

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Affordable housing but it's at a cost DEVELOPERS could be forced to include affordable homes in new projects as part of reforms being pursued by Housing Minister Mick de Brenni.

The Courier-Mail under­stands the final touches are being put on Mr de Brenni's 10-year housing strategy. He has held discussions about in­troducing "inclusionary zon­ing" - which forces developers to include affordable housing.

But the property industry cl<ums other homebuyers would effectively subsidise the housing through higher prices.

Property Council Queens­land executive director Chris Mountford said governments who were serious about afford­ability should focus on plan­ning laws and taxation.

"Inclusionary zoning on pri­vate land is a clumsy public policy lever to pull to try and deliver affordable housing," Mr Mountford said. A~JTHOIJV TEMPLETON

Barracks sale open· to bidders THE Department of Defence has rejected the State Govern­ment's offer to buy the Bulim­ba Barracks site, opting to sell the land on the open market.

The move places the coun­cil's masterplan for redevelop­ment of the site in jeopardy after months of public consultation.

A Defence spokesman said the department "would pursue an open market sale process to achieve the market value of the site in accordance with the Commonwealth Property Dis­posals Policy". He said De­fence had scheduled about 20ha of Bulimba Barracks for divestment in 2017-18.

The spokesman said the site was not on the Common­wealth Heritage List and De­fence was continuing its heritage investigations as part of its due diligence before sell­ing the property. BRIAN BENNION

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