28 August 2025

The Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council (ASBEC) welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the Queensland Productivity Commission’s (QPC) interim report on opportunities to improve construction sector productivity.

ASBEC commends the Commission for highlighting the importance of land use reform, housing supply accountability, workforce capacity, and modern methods of construction (MMC) as key levers to improve productivity. These are consistent with ASBEC’s earlier submissions to this Inquiry (June 2025) and to the National Productivity Commission’s national housing construction productivity review (December 2024).

At the same time, we raise significant concerns with proposals that suggest Queensland opt out of key provisions of the National Construction Code (NCC) or duplicate regulatory impact processes at a state level, which risk undermining productivity and fragmenting national consistency.

To read the full submission, click here