Housing crisis


Property value never falls? Don’t put the house on it

Australians’ household debt levels are world leading. We pay about five-six times our household disposable incomes for our average dream home. This won’t end well.

NSW the epicentre of our housing crisis

NSW is at the centre of a long-term public policy disaster in housing that will have a major impact on Australia’s recovery from the recession.

Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks

Meaty snippets from the home of government plus the daily reality check and the pick of other people’s political coverage. Richard Farmer writes.

Skills crisis v. housing crisis

Perhaps an editor at The Age has a sense of irony, or more likely, politicians have a poor sense of economics, writes Adam Schwab.