Retirement Living Council Executive Daniel Gannon has been selling his new data-driven manifesto to persuade the Federal Government see that villages can save the Feds $1 billion a year. But with State and Territory Governments controlling planning laws, why is he investing in national issues?

The retirement living sector is entering a golden decade. Its homes are effectively full, yet it knows there is going to be a increasing demand for its services that it cannot meet. Freed up zoning is required plus financial re-engineering of retiree budgets.

The sector has a lot going for it: a two-bedroom unit in a retirement commu