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Pru Goward

NIMBYism and construction costs are why you can’t own a home

The enabling of new planned cities and exurbs with greater density and outstanding amenities may be the best of the worst alternatives.

My first appearance in the Coalition party room as planning minister began as a pleasant surprise. I was rushed by colleagues who had treated me as family and community services minister with distant, pitying looks.

That day, every backbencher smiled.

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Pru Goward is a former Liberal NSW government minister and sex discrimination commissioner.

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