Brendan Coates
Brendan Coates is the economic policy program director at the Grattan Institute.
Opinion
Property market
Coalition’s super-for-housing policy would only help wealthier homebuyers
The Coalition’s plan to allow Australians to use their super for housing would disproportionately help wealthier people buy more expensive homes.
- by Brendan Coates and Joey Moloney
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Opinion
Immigration
Immigration is smashing renters. It’s time to hike fees for international students
Migration was expected to bounce back once Australia’s borders reopened, but it’s run far stronger than anyone imagined.
- by Brendan Coates and Trent Wiltshire
Opinion
Immigration
We must tighten graduate visa rules to reduce population pressures
The Australian graduate visa system is delivering perverse outcomes. The government needs to reverse course, and quickly.
- by Brendan Coates and Trent Wiltshire
Opinion
Renting
Why freezing rents could make more people homeless
Only when housing is plentiful will it also be affordable. So we need to build more dwellings where people want to live.
- by Brendan Coates and Joey Moloney
Opinion
Superannuation
Rein in super tax breaks to give the young a fair go
The Albanese government should do more to rein in excessively generous super tax breaks, so the burden of an ageing population can be shared fairly between young and old.
- by Brendan Coates and Joey Moloney
Opinion
Stamp duty
Will stamp duty soon be a thing of the past? Not so fast
Everyone now seems to agree that stamp duty should go. But until we agree what tax should replace it, stamp duty won’t be going anywhere.
- by Brendan Coates
Opinion
Property market
Regional renters’ lives are about to get harder still. Here’s a fix
The federal and state governments need to urgently step up to ensure regional Australians can afford to rent a home.
- by Brendan Coates and Joey Moloney
Opinion
Victoria’s Agenda
Good design needed to replace development ‘scars’ on Melbourne’s streetscapes
If neighbours can’t be confident that new apartments will be well-designed and well-built, it’s no surprise that they lodge objections.
- by Brendan Coates
Opinion
Superannuation
Why super funds may be hesitant to invest in Australian housing
Getting super funds invested in Australian housing is a good idea. But governments - state and federal - need to work together to make it sufficiently attractive.
- by Joey Moloney and Brendan Coates
Opinion
Immigration
Everyone needs a place to live: more migrants mean we’ll need more homes
It’s a matter of simple logic that increasing the population without building more housing will worsen our housing affordability woes.
- by Brendan Coates and Joey Moloney
Opinion
Interest rates
The housing game has changed – interest rate hikes hurt more than before
It’s a common barb that newer generations are struggling with home ownership and housing costs because of profligate spending, on smashed avos and the like. But what millennials are spending much more on is housing, simply because houses are so much more expensive.
- by Joey Moloney and Brendan Coates
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