Joey Moloney
Joey Moloney is a senior associate in economic policy for 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
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
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
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
Opinion
Australia votes
Date with density: Major parties ignore real cause of housing pain
Without more supply to reduce the gap between what housing costs and what households can afford to pay, we will struggle to make housing more affordable for anyone, let alone the poorest Australians.
- by Joey Moloney and Brendan Coates
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