Housing Supply First — Queensland Campaign

Current land tax settings are reducing housing supply and increasing costs. That must change.

The Housing Supply Alliance represents property owners, investors, and developers committed to reversing the policy settings that are reducing rental supply across Queensland.

40–60%
Land tax increases in a single assessment year
↑ Rents
Cost passed directly to renters
↓ Supply
Investor sell-off reducing available rentals
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Concrete reforms demanded by the Alliance

Fix Queensland's Land Tax to Protect Rental Housing

Current policy settings are suppressing supply, increasing rents, and driving investor exit. The evidence is clear.

Fix Queensland's Land Tax to Protect Rental Housing — infographic showing impact on renters, system problems, and reform solutions

An Industry-Led Initiative for Supply-Side Reform

The Housing Supply Alliance is a coordinated platform for property investors, developers, and operators who recognise that current government policy — particularly land tax settings — is directly reducing rental housing availability across Queensland.

This is not a lobby group. It is an evidence-based campaign platform designed to communicate the real-world commercial impact of policy decisions and advocate for reform that supports, rather than suppresses, housing supply.

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Protect Rental Supply

Advocate for policy settings that retain and expand the private rental stock Queensland urgently needs.

Evidence-Based Position

Ground every campaign position in commercially verified data and real investor experience.

Ongoing Stakeholder Alignment

Keep alliance members and policy stakeholders informed as the campaign progresses.

Broad Representation

Representing investors, developers, operators, advisors, and industry professionals across Queensland.

Current Land Tax Position

Active Campaign

Land Tax Thresholds Remain Unindexed

Queensland's land tax thresholds have not been adjusted for inflation, creating stealth tax increases every year as property values rise — without any legislative change.

Policy Concern

Aggregation Rules Penalising Small Providers

Current aggregation rules combine holdings across entities in ways that disproportionately burden small-to-medium rental providers who collectively deliver the majority of Queensland's rental stock.

Market Impact

Valuation Spikes Creating Tax Shocks

Sudden upward site value revaluations are producing land tax bills that increase 40–60% in a single year, forcing investor exit and supply reduction at a time of acute rental shortage.

The Alliance is actively engaging with policy stakeholders on four concrete reform proposals. Members receive direct briefings on campaign activity and policy developments as they occur.

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Practical Insights for Investors and Operators

Short, commercially relevant briefings on land tax developments, reform progress, and what it means for your holdings.

Brief 01

Unindexed Thresholds: The Hidden Annual Tax Increase

Queensland's land tax thresholds have not moved with inflation since their last adjustment. Every year property values rise, more owners cross thresholds — or move into higher brackets — without any change in law. This is a structural stealth tax built into the system.

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Brief 02

What Investor Exit Actually Means for Renter Supply

When a land tax bill makes a rental property commercially unviable, one of two outcomes follows: rent is increased to absorb the cost, or the property is sold — often to an owner-occupier. Both outcomes reduce effective rental supply. The policy is not neutral.

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Brief 03

Four Reform Proposals the Alliance Is Advancing

The Alliance is focused on four concrete changes: land tax concessions for long-term rentals, indexation of thresholds, revision of aggregation rules affecting small investors, and supply-side incentives for new rental delivery. Each is commercially grounded and administratively achievable.

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Current Activity and Direction

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Stakeholder Submissions Active

The Alliance is preparing formal submissions to Queensland Treasury on land tax threshold indexation. Member input is being consolidated for inclusion.

02

Aggregation Rule Review Sought

Direct engagement is underway with relevant ministerial offices regarding the commercial impact of current aggregation methodology on small and mid-size rental operators.

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Evidence Collection Ongoing

Alliance members are contributing anonymised data on land tax bill movements, commercial decisions, and supply impacts to support the evidence base for reform.

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Alignment with HousingSupplyFirst.com.au

This platform operates in direct support of the broader Housing Supply First campaign. All Alliance activity is coordinated with and reported to the central campaign.

Stay Informed on Campaign Progress

Alliance members receive direct updates on policy developments, submission outcomes, and campaign direction as they occur — not general news or market commentary.

Register for Member Briefings

Briefings are issued as developments occur. No fixed schedule. No noise.