Governments keep making our housing crisis worse – and they’ve just done it again (australiainstitute.org.au)

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[-] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Apart from a small blip of courage in 2016 and 2019, when the Labor opposition floated it as a policy (and the resulting scare campaign having since zapped any backbone from Labor for any necessary reforms), every government and would-be government has followed suit.

YES, it wasn't just a scare campaign, they lost both elections and in 2019 lost an "unlosable election", you can't say it zapped any backbone when they showed backbone and then LOST because of it. This is a clear indication that Australians don't want to lose the very things you are saying are the problem! Welcome to politics! it sucks!

I also don't understand why it mentions only the first home owners and LMI change but not the HAFF which is slowly working its way through the system?

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