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Mike Zorbas

September

The broader labour movement and all politicians need to stop turning a blind eye to toxic CFMEU leaders.

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

Governments should start looking at more innovative solutions like modular housing.

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

Decades of strategic failures by governments has left Australia a land-rich, housing-poor nation.

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.

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

Any government that helps with housing supply is welcome.

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.

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