Yes in my backyard: PM’s plea for housing density
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called on state and local governments to drastically speed up building approvals, pointing to his own electorate in inner-west Sydney as ripe for higher density housing, as developers struggle to build enough homes.
“We know that there have been supply-chain issues as a result of global inflation and as a result of the … pandemic, but we need to put our shoulder to the wheel at all levels of government, including local government, by having appropriate approvals,” he told reporters in Sydney on Friday.
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