Australia is wasting $1 billion on car parks nobody uses, report finds
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Australia is wasting more than $1 billion each year building off-street car parks that end up unused and unwanted, a Grattan report has found.

The Grattan Institute report found up to 40 per cent of car parks were left empty each night in capital city apartments.

Australia is wasting more than $1 billion each year building off-street car parks that end up unused and unwanted, a Grattan Institute report has found.

Parking minimums add $62,000 to the price tag of a two-bedroom Melbourne apartment, $113,000 to one in Brisbane, $137,000 in Perth, and $95,000 in Adelaide.

The report, released tonight, recommends scrapping rules that force developers to include a minimum number of car park spaces when building housing.