‘Five lines of fluff’:Labor insiders want housing policy shake-up to fight off Greens

‘Five lines of fluff’:Labor insiders want housing policy shake-up to fight off Greens

Labor is facing a fierce internal push to reshape its housing policies and limit negative gearing in an effort to shore up younger voters.

  • byPaul Sakkal andJames Massola

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What is happening to The Great Australian Dream?

What is happening to The Great Australian Dream?

Is our love affair with housing responsible for the problems plaguing our cities,governments and way of life?

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How the great Australian dream transformed the economy into a house of cards

How the great Australian dream transformed the economy into a house of cards

In a country with some of the most expensive housing in the world,Australians are carrying record levels of debt to pay for homes ever more distant from their places of work.

  • byShane Wright,Rachel Clun andCraig Butt
Landlords welcome ‘exciting’ rent rises,slam ‘ridiculous’ proposals for caps

Landlords welcome ‘exciting’ rent rises,slam ‘ridiculous’ proposals for caps

The Australian Landlords Association held an event on Tuesday titled “Is it still worth being a landlord?” amid rising interest rates and soaring rents.

  • byMichael Koziol
Interest rate rises do affect rents,but not in the way you think

Interest rate rises do affect rents,but not in the way you think

It’s harder than ever to find a home. Queues at inspections snake out the door. Prices have soared. But is it because of interest rate rises?

  • byJim Malo
What have we done to our young? The great Australian dream is dead
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Letters

What have we done to our young? The great Australian dream is dead

Letter writers call out gutless governments,a tax system which favours the rich,and poor planning for bringing the Australian dream of homeownership to an end.

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Given our monopoly on housing,it’s no wonder the young hate Boomers like me

Given our monopoly on housing,it’s no wonder the young hate Boomers like me

The big advantage of capitalism is supposed to be that it makes each generation better off than the last,but that’s breaking down before our eyes.

  • byRoss Gittins
The big promises Jacinda didn’t keep

The big promises Jacinda didn’t keep

Despite her celebrity status,outgoing New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern failed to resolve the country’s housing crisis.

  • byRoshena Campbell
‘I had three negatively geared properties,then I lost my job’

‘I had three negatively geared properties,then I lost my job’

Jane Turner,60,was made redundant from a secure well-paid job eight years ago,which meant her financial deck of cards quickly came tumbling down.

  • byNina Hendy
Never make investment decisions just to save on tax

Never make investment decisions just to save on tax

Any tax savings you make from your investment decisions should be considered the cream on the cake.

  • byNoel Whittaker
Why paying off your mortgage is better than negative gearing

Why paying off your mortgage is better than negative gearing

That long-established desire to have a negatively geared asset to create a tax deduction to reduce taxable income is not always the best option.

  • byGeorge Cochrane