Page 2790 - Week 08 - Wednesday, 21 September 2022

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Accommodation Provider, Arts and Events, Hospitality and Fitness (TAPAEHF) payment.

Consistently with similar programs run in other jurisdictions, eligibility for TAPAEHF payments was determined using Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC) codes. This is the best available method to use in programs of this size, but we recognise it is an imperfect classification tool.

This is why a “Sector-Based Eligibility Review” (SBER) process was established.

If a business was assessed as ineligible for a TAPAEHF payment, they were notified of this outcome and advised that the SBER process was being established and that further information would be provided when it became available.

On 21 February 2022, these businesses were again contacted via email with the review guidelines, supporting documentation, and instructions on how to apply for the SBER. Applications were open for two weeks, closing 11:59pm on Monday, 7 March 2022. Information regarding this process, including instructions detailing how to apply, was also published on the Business Hub website.

Of the 1270 businesses contacted with instructions on how to apply for SBER, 228 applications were submitted and assessed. Of these, 179 local businesses were approved for TAPAEHF payments totalling $1.37 million.

Rental properties—minimum energy standards

Mr Rattenbury (in reply to a question and a supplementary question by Ms Lee on Thursday, 4 August 2022):

Extensive economic modelling and analysis to inform the introduction of a minimum energy efficiency standard for rental homes was undertaken by ACIL Allen as part of their work to prepare the Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) which is available on the YourSay website at https://yoursayconversations.act.gov.au/minimum-energy-standards.

While the RIS did not explicitly model impacts on the rental market, it did model the range of possible impacts on tenants and rental providers. The analysis considered boundary cases where either the tenant absorbs the full cost or the rental provider absorbs the full cost (in reality, any particular case will be somewhere in between).

Given these boundary cases, the analysis in the RIS indicates that there is not likely to be significant adverse impacts on rental providers or tenants and that overall supply is unlikely to be affected. This is detailed in the RIS:

Tenants will generally be better off, benefiting from reduced energy costs and by improved health and wellbeing. This is even the case where full costs are passed through as increased rents. (pages 47-48).

The introduction of the minimum standard is unlikely to have sizeable impacts on the rental returns for rental providers. Even assuming no cost pass-through,


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