Happy Monday! Find out what's happening for REIACT and its members this week ⬇
16th-21st February 2026

𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁
17 February - 2026 REIACT President’s Breakfast (for agency principals and their guests)

𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗰𝘆
REIACT attending the AUSTRAC meeting
REIACT attending Federal Liberal Party Shadow Housing Minister event

𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴
18 February - Introductory AML Webinar 1: A day in the life of an AML Compliance Officer (for agency principals, sales agents, operations staff) - register here: bit.ly/reiactAMLwebinar1-2026

𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀
𝘼𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙖𝙡𝙨, 𝙨𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨, 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙛𝙛: Register for the upcoming AML webinars
Webinar 2: Real estate agent's AML responsibilities (bit.ly/reiactAMLwebinar2-2026)
Webinar 3: AML workflows and integrations with other systems (bit.ly/reiactAMLwebinar3-2026)
𝙎𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙮 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨: Register for the ACT swimming pool compliance webinar here: bit.ly/reiactswimmingpoolwebinar
𝙍𝙀𝙄𝘼𝘾𝙏 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨: Get your tickets to the 2026 REIACT Women in Real Estate Luncheon here: https://bit.ly/reiactWIRE2026
𝘽𝙪𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙧𝙨: Enter the 2026 REIACT Auctioneering Championships here: reiact.com.au/awards-for-excellence/

Join us in one of our most popular annual events, the 2026 REIACT Women in Real Estate (WIRE) Luncheon! 🌸

On 19th March, we will bring together and celebrate the incredible women shaping the ACT real estate. In line with the International Women’s Day theme “Give to Gain”, this year’s WIRE is all about giving each other time, knowledge, support and encouragement to help uplift women’s advancement across our industry.

Join us for an afternoon of real and inspiring conversations over great food and drinks, and hear from the four women giving voice to Canberra’s construction, property and real estate sectors as they share their career journey, successes and lessons learned along the way.

𝗞𝗲𝘆𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿:
🌸 Jo Farrell - 2024 ACT Australian of the Year, 2024 ACT Woman of the Year and Founder and Director, Build Like a Girl

𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀:
🌸 Maria Edwards - CEO, REIACT
🌸 Anna Neelagama - CEO, Master Builders Association ACT
🌸 Ashlee Berry - Executive Director, Property Council of Australia - ACT

This event is not just for women - men are welcome to come along and celebrate with their colleagues.

Thank you to our major corporate partner Allhomes for supporting this event.

📅 Thursday, 19 March | 12:00 -2:30 PM
📍 The Glasshouse, Pialligo Estate
🎟️ Secure your individual tickets or a table of 10 here: bit.ly/reiactWIRE2026. Registration closes on 12 March or until room capacity has been reached.

#REIACTWIRE2026 #IWD2026

Happening next week: 1st of the 4-part Introductory AML webinar series for 2026

For our first webinar "A day in the life of an AML Compliance officer" on 18th February (2pm):

✅ discover what it's really like to be an AML Compliance Officer in a real estate business
✅ hear stories from Compliance Officers in New Zealand who have been in the role since AML legislation was introduced 7 years ago

Register here: bit.ly/reiactAMLwebinar1-2026

UPCOMING WEBINARS

𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝟮: 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁’𝘀 𝗔𝗠𝗟 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀
Hear what it's really like to conduct customer due diligence on clients
17 March 2026 | 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
More details and registration here: bit.ly/reiactAMLwebinar2-2026

𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝟯: 𝗔𝗠𝗟 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀
Set up AML workflows into your existing systems
1 April 2026 | 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
More details and registration here: bit.ly/reiactAMLwebinar3-2026

REIACT Member Agency Principals and their operations staff are encouraged to attend this webinar (Note: PM only businesses won't be affected by these new laws)

Yesterday, REIACT CEO Maria Edwards appeared before the Standing Committee on Environment and Planning for the Inquiry into DPA-04 Missing Middle Housing Reforms

On behalf of REIACT, Ms Edwards made the following recommendations to the committee:

✅ Deliver the kinds of homes people actually want and need - not just supply for supply sake
✅ Produce a clear and consistent Design Guide and provide practical tools to help both practitioners and the community
✅ Close monitoring of valuation outcomes and a willingness to consider transitional or moderating land tax and rates tax adjustments
✅ Ensure engagement with ACT agents and property managers and provide clear transitional provisions, training and user‑friendly tools to reduce the risk of misrepresenting redevelopment potential and support informed decisions

Watch REIACT CEO Maria Edwards here (starting 0:48:33):
https://broadcast.parliament.act.gov.au/vod/player/618d097ca66d4e139cb1c98eabf270e2?i=53c4b75d95fe4a5195894501cd689d23-12

REIACT Member Alert: Due to potential traffic disruptions happening in the Parliamentary Circle this morning we are 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗘𝗜𝗔𝗖𝗧 𝗔𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗘𝗜𝗔𝗖𝗧 𝗛𝗤 (Unit 1B, 16 Thesiger Court, Deakin) today.

See you at 11 AM.