2025 • Sep 01
PM says neo-Nazi giving speech from Victoria’s parliament steps ‘isn’t the Australian way’ – as it happened
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2025 • Aug 27
Tax breaks for investors unfair but there’s no quick fix, housing affordability boss says
Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz says the best that can be hoped for is that prices stabilise and don’t grow in excess of wage growth
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2025 • Aug 25
Labor’s first home buyers scheme a ‘backwards step’ likely to push prices higher, experts warn
Treasury estimates new policy will only add 0.5% to home prices over six years, but some experts disagree
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2025 • Aug 25
Lambie says crossbench ‘not important’ after Labor’s election landslide – as it happened
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2025 • Aug 23
‘We want builders on site, not filling in forms’: Albanese government cuts red tape in bid to boost home building
Pausing changes to Construction Code, establishment of ‘strike team’ within environment department and use of AI in planning among reformsGet our
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2025 • Aug 22
‘I’m not against development, but …’: Sydney’s plans for greater density face a morass of confusion and hostility
NSW has big plans to encourage more properties to be built, but it’s far from easy to satisfy councils, planning experts, residents and would-be residentsGet our
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2025 • Aug 19
More than two-thirds of NSW public land suitable for housing sold to private developers
Exclusive: Despite Labor policy to prioritise government land for public housing, Homes NSW has bought just three of 55 sites and expressed interest in further seven...
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2025 • Aug 12
RBA interest rates decision: relief for borrowers as Reserve Bank cuts cash rate to 3.6%
Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision widely anticipated by experts – although some believe cut was overdue
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2025 • Aug 10
From shutters to reflective paint: how to prevent UK homes overheating
Reducing urban heat islands, greening local areas and using heat pumps for air conditioning can also play a role
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2025 • Aug 10
Low-income and minority ethnic people in England most at risk from dangerously hot homes
Exclusive: Homes are heating up as summers get hotter but least well-off are shouldering greatest risk, study finds
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2025 • Aug 08
Dutton blaming migrants for housing crisis ‘undermined’ Coalition at election, Andrew Bragg says
Shadow housing minister tells Guardian Australia it was a mistake not to put forward a homelessness policy before election and criticises Labor for falling behind new home targets
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2025 • Aug 07
Sydney and Toronto had equivalent home prices, then Canada’s crashed. Could Australia see a similar slump?
Canadian property prices fell by C$150,000 over three years as Australia’s rose by about A$85,000
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