Australia’s migration system is barring the tradies our housing market desperately needs
There are steps the federal government can take to make our migration system more attractive to skilled trades workers.
How Airbnb is killing Aussie fish and chip shops
You visit a village that looks lovely at first glance. But almost every house is a holiday house, and there’s not enough year-round demand to sustain anything other than the convenience store at the local servo.
Millennials lead the regional migration race, as NSW overtakes Queensland as top spot
New figures show regional migration was 11% higher than pre-pandemic levels, in part due to more than 90,000 job vacancies in country areas.
Airbnb says hotels should also be forced to pay Victoria’s short-stay tax
Airbnb is not against the user-pay levy but was pushing for a rate of three to five percent.
“Who, unless it’s robots, is going to build this?”: Builders question goal of 1.2 million new homes
Australia's construction sector will have the capacity to build one million new homes over five years, Housing Minister Julie Collins says, as builders question whether the industry has enough workers to carry out the ambitious plan.
‘Intolerable’: Sydney housing crisis costing $10 billion a year in lost productivity
Sydney's housing crisis is "crippling" the NSW economy and having a major impact on young people, according to a new report.
Why the Airbnb tax won’t solve Victoria’s rental crisis
An attack on Airbnb might win some headlines, but it won’t do much to mitigate the real causes of Victoria’s rental crisis.
$3 billion in federal funding proposed to build 1.2 million homes, resolve housing crisis
Jurisdictions will be offered $15,000 for each new home they build, from $3 billion in federal funding for 200,000 new dwellings to tackle the housing crisis.
Slow and piecemeal: Australia’s ‘light touch’ approach with Airbnb continues to fuel the housing crisis
When landlords “host” tourists rather than residents, housing supply is depleted, rents rise and neighbourhoods change — and the housing crisis deepens.