4141-24 Land, use it or lose it

Eligibility - Citizens of Queensland
Principal Petitioner:
Tony Magrathea
C/- Post Office
MOFFAT BEACH QLD 4551
Total Signatures - 473
Sponsoring Member: The Clerk of the Parliament
Posting Date: 06/08/2024
Closing Date: 08/09/2024
Tabled Date: 10/09/2024
Referred to: Hon Meaghan Scanlon MP on 12/09/2024
Responded By: Hon Meaghan Scanlon MP on 10/10/2024
Responded By: Hon Jarrod Bleijie MP on 02/12/2024
TO: The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland

Queensland citizens draws to the attention of the House that there is an extraordinary housing crisis in Queensland. This is exacerbated by people and companies buying blocks of land and not using them so that the price of the land increases hugely. An example is a block next to the member’s office in Caloundra, it has been empty and unused for most of this century.

Your petitioners, therefore, request the House to resume unused blocks of land; give the owners a year to begin building on the land and if they fail to do that resume the land for the price paid by the owner.