Home ownership hearings continue in Sydney

THE House of Representatives Economics Committee will conduct its second and third public hearings for the inquiry into home ownership in Sydney on Thursday 6 August and Friday 7 August 2015. 

The Chair of the committee, John Alexander said that ‘we have now received more than 50 submissions to this very timely inquiry and a number of these contributors and other experts have been invited to provide further evidence to the Committee in Sydney. All Australians deserve a fair chance to own a home and we look forward to further discussing the challenges that many prospective buyers face in today’s very competitive housing market at these hearings.’

Public hearing details
Macquarie Room, NSW Parliament House, Sydney
Thursday 6 August 2015
9.15am     Reserve Bank of Australia
11.00am    Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
11.45am    Australian Bankers’ Association
12.30pm    Lunch
1.30pm     Curtis Associates
2.15pm     Law Society of NSW
3.00pm     Urban Taskforce Australia
3.45pm     Mr Saul Eslake
4.30pm     Close

Macquarie Room, NSW Parliament House, Sydney
Friday 7 August 2015
9.15am    Insurance Council of Australia and Genworth Mortgage Insurance Australia Ltd.
10.00am   Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals
10.45am   Mr Christopher Moore
11.15am   Mr John Symond
12.00pm   Lunch
1.00pm    LF Economics
1.45pm    Dr Judith Yates
2.15pm    Mr Andrew Skinner
2.45pm    Close

Members of the public are welcome to attend.
The proceedings will be audio webcast live on: www.aph.gov.au/live

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