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Houston, we have a housing problem
Adding up everything we own, the Government Statistician reckons Australian families are worth $5800 billion. That's more than five times as much...
Surely the election can afford debate on housing
As a concern among the electorate, housing affordability ranks above industrial relations, interest rates and asylum seekers. But until yesterday,...
Let society shape itself
It's hard not to be cynical. Especially when a developer lobby claims giving the government power to force people to sell their homes - to...
It's time misguided land starvation was stopped
With boom times returning to WA, the housing market is once again overheating. The median house price in Perth is now $512,000, according to the...
Price of a new house could be so much cheaper
A misdirected email from Justin Madden's office showed the Brumby Government at its manipulative worst. Following a planning review into the iconic...
Libertarians spoke out when state began to meddle
Ross Gittins seems to think libertarians have quietly watched as the Rudd government has bungled its response to the north Atlantic banking crisis...
Easier zoning would deflate home prices
Australia has 11 of the world's 25 least affordable cities for housing. The American consultancy Demographia this month released data of 272 urban...
Lost property: home in deed but not in fact
Debates over public policy rarely pivot on philosophical questions. But here's one: what does it actually mean to "own" your property? NSW farmer...