September
- Opinion
- Building Bad
Put new ‘cop on beat’ to stop CFMEU menace machine
We need a new national body with the right powers and accountability to fairly police the threat-filled no-go, police-free zone of Australian life.
January
- Opinion
- Housing crisis
How to fix the housing supply nightmare
Housing has become an election fault line in Australia. But there are policy initiatives that could go a long way to retrieving the situation.
August 2023
- Opinion
- Housing affordability
PM must drive a wooden stake through the rent control vampire
Instead of sucking the life out of housing supply, national cabinet should purse four practical steps to improve it.
- Opinion
- Property investment
Proposed ‘thin capitalisation’ rules could torpedo housing targets
With its proposed ‘thin capitalisation’ legislation, the federal government is about to perform a slow-motion own goal on housing that will hit supply in the rental market hardest.
June 2023
- Opinion
- Australian economy
Any government that adds to housing supply is welcome
Senators should pass the Housing Australia Future Fund. Given the role of governments in thwarting housing development, it is the least they could do.