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Our housing bubble blind spot

Scott Morrison’s stance on the housing market grows more confusing by the day. If this isn’t a bubble, what is? | WATCH

Scott Morrison’s position on Australia’s property market grows more confusing by the day.

The Treasurer has made his stance on the issue of a bubble in Australia’s housing sector clear: in his opinion, there isn’t one.

Increasingly alarming figures and a growing list of analysts and commentators beg to differ. If this isn’t what a bubble looks like, what is?

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James Kirby
James KirbyAssociate Editor - Wealth

James Kirby, Associate Editor-Wealth, is one of Australia’s most experienced financial journalists. James hosts The Australian’s twice-weekly Money Puzzle podcast.He is a regular commentator on radio and television, the author of several business biographies and has served on the Walkley Awards Advisory BoardHe was a co-founder and managing editor at Business Spectator and Eureka Report and has previously worked at the Australian Financial Review and the South China Morning Post. Since January 2025 James is a director of Ecstra, the financial literacy foundation.

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