There are good years, there are bad years, and then there is financial year 2008. Adam Schwab casts his eye over bad year in the life and times of our finance experts.
Housing affordability
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Urban Taskforce Australia … housing affordability … inflation … the Anglican church … Melbourne can live without the F1 …
Ten really clever ideas for fixing inflation
There are more cures to Australia’s economic ills than the new government is letting on. Thomas Hunter asked a group of leading economists for their ideas on lowering inflation and reassuring the stockmarket.
Crikey Crib Sheets Part 1: Policy Comparisons
Presenting your cut-out-and-keep guide to what each party stands for on a range of key policy areas.
No new supply in either housing policy
Both Labor and the Coalition have now committed to setting up special low-tax savings accounts for Australians to buy their first home. Anna Tweeddale and Ben Eltham argue they may actually make housing affordability worse.
Rudd’s first home owner saver account: useless
Labor’s plan to combat housing affordability, like most political solutions to an economic problem, will almost certainly be utterly useless. The problem with housing affordability is a simple demand and supply equation – more people are moving to major Australian cities than dwellings are being constructed.
MacCormack: Be wary of politicians talking about selling land
Talk, nay hyperbole, from both parties obscures the fact that neither side wants to do anything serious about housing affordability, writes David MacCormack.
Crikey Policy Comparison Pt 2: Housing affordability
The housing affordability crisis has been front and centre of this campaign, and when it comes to the two major parties, it’s come down to the battling for the votes of first time home owners. Each party is promising to help save for that much needed deposit, the question is how?
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Home loans and affordability … Brough’s bulldozing backyard blitz … Julia Gillard was a union lawyer, so what? … Labor preferences … government ads … Rugby World Cup …
‘CrateGate’, citizen journalists join election action
For those who wonder whether the Australian blogosphere and “citizen journalism” will ever make a difference to politics, “CrateGate” – a mini controversy generated on the You Decide 2007 site - is providing some thought provoking material.
Queensland preference negotiations reveal the state of play
There are important implications of the number and range of seats in play in the House of Representatives contest for decisions about the allocation of preferences in the Senate, writes Mark Bahnisch.
And now the good news: it’s the bad news
Here’s a little heresy: the bad international business news is really good news.
Housing affordability: too many immigrants, not enough houses
The reason for the housing “affordability crisis” in Australia is simple, that is, there are more people moving to Australia than there are dwellings being constructed.
Housing stress and marginals: everyone’s under the pump
Housing affordability is one of the key national talking points ahead of the federal election, but how important will it be on election day? Who holds the electorates that are experiencing the most severe housing stress, and who stands to gain the most from talking up a solution?
Why housing affordability mustn’t mean cheaper houses
With all their current talk about a housing affordability crisis, there is one thing that federal Labor members are at pains to make clear – they do not want cheaper houses. If that sounds a touch strange, then welcome to electoral arithmetic.
The housing crisis: in words and pictures
In my opinion, it’s gobsmackingly obvious that a huge increase in “home-buying power” was the dominant force behind the big upswing in the average price of Australia’s eight million homes over the past decade or so, writes Rory Robertson.
Senator Bartlett: time to get cracking on housing affordability
Housing affordability and accessibility problems have become so severe that they risk becoming permanently entrenched, along with the major wealth and opportunity gaps that go with it, writes Senator Andrew Bartlett.
Rudd’s next platform: affordable housing
From my reading, Rudd’s approach looks to be moving in a positive direction, writes Joshua Gans.
