The Residential Development Council welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency in response to the proposed architecture and implementation arrangements for a carbon pricing mechanism. Comments and recommendations in response to the proposed arrangements are outlined below.
The Residential Development Council supports a carbon pricing mechanism. However there are key issues relating to the impact of a carbon pricing mechanism on residential construction that must be addressed in order to ensure that buyers of new homes are not unfairly disadvantaged.
