March
Budget to expand shared equity housing access
Facing a tough election fight over housing, the Albanese government will expand its Help to Buy program and boost prefabricated housing construction.
February
Foreign residents barred from buying existing homes for two years
The new policy will mean people living temporarily in Australia, either for work or study, will be banned from purchasing existing houses until at least 2027.
December 2024
Minister’s viral house price moment exposes our ugly bind
Clare O’Neil has angered younger voters by suggesting she doesn’t want house prices to fall. Their angst is understandable, but there simply aren’t easy solutions here.
Game changer or sellout? The election fight over the future of housing
Labor says build-to-rent changes will turbocharge apartment construction. The Coalition says it just kicks the problem along. Get ready for one of the big election battles.
November 2024
Greens back down on housing blockade
Labor’s bills for a shared equity homeownership plan and changes to tax settings designed to spur the build to rent sector will pass parliament this week.
Voters furious at housing impasse, O’Neil warns Greens
The Housing Minister says voters will punish an ‘unholy alliance’ between the Coalition and the Greens.
October 2024
Don’t blame HomeBuilder for inflation: economists
The Coalition and economists have rejected the pandemic inquiry’s criticisms of the $2.6 billion housing construction stimulus.
The housing policy choices facing voters
What are the choices facing voters in 2025 and which policies will actually help address the shortages of supply in Australia’s hectic property market?
Double dissolution election threat ‘serious’: Labor
Labor is preparing to reintroduce its stalled shared equity housing bill into parliament next week, in an attempt to increase pressure on the Greens.
September 2024
Australia’s most powerful people in property for 2024
Interest rates and construction costs are wreaking havoc and creating new winners and losers. Perhaps the biggest power shift is the fading influence of the CFMEU.
Out in the cold: Why housing is just one problem for Labor
Unless Labor can dig its way out of its parliamentary quagmire, it faces the real possibility of ending up in minority government – or worse.
Housing fight for young voters plays out where they live: online
Pollsters and campaigning experts say a slew of social media posts over help for first homebuyers is a taste of things to come ahead of the election.
Greens, Coalition shrug off double dissolution risk from housing impasse
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the two parties are yet to put forward any rational argument against the government’s Help to Buy scheme.
‘Get on with it’: Labor’s patience runs out on housing roadblock
Anthony Albanese and Clare O’Neil say Labor’s plans on supply and affordability are being needlessly delayed by opposition from the Greens.
Senate showdowns loom over housing, RBA and the environment
The government says 13,700 affordable homes have been approved under the policies it has managed to legislate so far.
Developers warn creeping costs making all but luxury homes difficult
Some of the country’s largest builders say they are pivoting towards properties for older downsizers and wealthy baby boomers to make the margins they need.
Greens’ housing solution: hire 1000 public servants and slug landlords
The minor party wants a new national authority to crack down on dodgy real estate agents and landlords, promising to hire 1000 federal public servants to enforce renters rights.
August 2024
How long it takes workers in common jobs to save for a home deposit
Housing Minister Clare O’Neil says the Greens and the Coalition are blocking crucial legislation federally, but the states could do more to ease the situation.
‘Political roadkill’: why Labor can’t get credit for its $32b housing plan
Newly appointed Housing Minister Clare O’Neil says the causes of the supply crisis facing Australian families are more complicated than legislation in parliament. She has a plan to break the deadlock.
Independents tell Greens to get out of the way on housing bill
Allegra Spender and David Pocock say Labor’s stalled housing bills should urgently pass the Senate, provided the government agrees to a series of amendments.