ALP homes target sliding out of reach
Housing experts have warned that new home commencements would flatline for the remainder of 2024 putting the Albanese government’s claims of 1.2 million new homes within five years further beyond reach.
Simon Benson
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Reasoning is sound, with a wedge to boot
Peter Dutton has made a deliberate and dramatic play to inject himself into a cost-of-living debate that appears to have fallen on deaf ears in Canberra.
Policy disaster: Build fast or hit crisis on home front
A new home would have to be built every two minutes to accommodate current population growth and the immigration intake, according to industry analysis.
Voters aren’t buying spin on cost of living
Publicly, the Treasurer is on a positive spin over his cost-of-living relief. Privately, he will be sweating bricks for six weeks, gripped by fear over what the central bank may or may not do in August.
Newspoll: Support fading for both leaders
Primary support for the Coalition and Labor has fallen following the release of Peter Dutton’s nuclear power strategy, with the community almost evenly split over the plan.
Leaders’ mediocrity leaves voters dulled, frustrated
The nuclear debate is there to be won for Peter Dutton but the bigger problem lies with electoral disillusionment deepening with neither Labor nor the Coalition having an answer.
Reality bites hard for PM, Chalmers
As prime minister, Anthony Albanese is now a leader detached from the primary mission, as Labor’s political priorities align more radically with the political class and become adrift from the mainstream.
Once and forever a polarising figure, no matter your politics
For Anthony Albanese, the obvious political dividend from the release of Julian Assange is neutralising another of the ongoing political battles between Labor and the Greens.
NDIS bill on hold, but not Brazil trip
Bill Shorten has accused Liberal and Greens senators of hitting taxpayers with a $1.1bn bill after joining forces and threatening to delay a vote on reforms.
NDIS delay to cost $1.1b as senators go on junket
Bill Shorten has accused Liberal and Greens Senators of hitting taxpayers with a $1.1 billion bill after threatening to delay a vote on reforms to the scheme until after they return from a junket in Brazil.
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