{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Good Builder Podcast","title":"The Daily Dose #322 | Zoning, Pathways And Pipelines: Reading The State Housing Targets","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":570,"description":"Az runs through the week that was.\nEvery state is quoting a big housing number. Queensland says 100,000 homes. New South Wales says 150,000. Victoria says 300,000 unlocked. South Australia says 50,000. Add them up and they clear the 1.2 million National Housing Accord target. The problem is that none of them are counting the same thing.\nVictoria's figure is zoning capacity measured out to 2051, and nobody has proposed those homes yet. New South Wales is counting projects handed a faster assessment pathway, which is permission to apply, not permission to build. Queensland is counting land where water, sewer and road capacity has been funded. New South Wales is the only state that published what happened next: 484 projects granted the faster pathway, and 14 approved after 18 months.\nAlso in this episode. New published guidance on artificial intelligence and digital tools in the workplace, and why job management apps, automated scheduling, site cameras, fatigue wearables and anything that drafts your quotes now sit inside your safety obligations. The risks flagged are psychological, not physical. New South Wales has legislated first and Safe Work Australia has asked other states to follow. Az gives three things to do about it this week, including the one most builders get wrong: buy the software from a supplier and the obligation is still yours.\nWork has started on the first homes at North Harbour in Burpengary East, about twelve months after the priority development area was declared. That is quick by Queensland standards. The site runs to 3,700 homes across two precincts, one residential and one an investigation area where housing is not permitted until the development scheme is finalised. Anyone working the Moreton Bay corridor should plan against 250 lots for now.\nPlus the first winners of the Milwaukee heated jacket giveaway are announced, and week two is open.\nAnd the first two State of the Land reports are live, covering Queensland and Victoria, built on land...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/kfWyLokmOh8IknRiu8hFWliTL287_yQe0yBgRNp7WJc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yZmE4/MDdmMWNmOWU1Yjc4/ZGU2OTIxYTcwOTk0/OTk3YS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}