"The chief minister and the planning minister insist that a 120sqm house, in someone else’s backyard, is more than adequate for Canberra families." JON STANHOPE & KHALID AHMED focus on the ACT government's failure on housing.
Australia's housing market has fully rebounded from recent lows as several major cities achieve new price peaks due to buyer and seller confidence.
"When the housing market went nuts the value of Tuross passed the threshold that prevented even a part pension. And just because we can’t live in two places at once, we’re suddenly the bad guys," bemoans columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
PM Anthony Albanese unveils boosted housing target and incentive payments ahead of Labor's national conference, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
A new housing target of 1.2 million dwellings has been agreed to at national cabinet in a bid to boost supply.
The Business Council says poor planning and lacklustre activity in the new home construction sector are the chief causes of Australia's housing woes.
Laws setting up a $10 billion housing fund have been reintroduced to parliament to help break a political stand-off over the issue.
A $10 billion housing future fund needs the support of the Greens and crossbenchers to pass, but Labor has yet to budge on amendments.
The time it takes to get on the property ladder has been slashed as savers attract higher rates and the tight labour market lifts worker wages.
"Canberra families are being shamed for daring to want to live in a standalone home rather than to conform with the ACT government's ideological commitment to high-rise development." JON STANHOPE & KHALID AHMED get into affordable housing…
Canberra Liberals Leader Elizabeth Lee will take on a newly created portfolio of Shadow Minister for Housing Affordability and Choice.
A plan to release more land for sale in the capital won't go far enough to address the unmet demand for stand alone housing in the ACT, according to the Canberra Liberals.
Only 966 blocks of land were released for detached housing in Canberra during 2021, a…
"The lesson for governments is that if home-loan interest rates remain high over an extended period of falls in the value of houses, they run a high risk of being voted from office," writes PAUL KAUFFMAN.
The ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS) says the ACT's planning system should better reflect the needs of vulnerable people.
The Canberra Liberals are calling on the ACT government to urge their federal counterparts to support the release of land at the CSIRO Ginninderra site in a bid to create more housing.
Blowouts in development application approval times in Queanbeyan are being blamed on a shortage of council staff and a demand for new housing.
The ACT government has failed to meet its land release target for this financial year, the Liberal opposition claims.
In one of two articles looking at the men who are vying to be the next Australian Prime Minister, political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN examines the political character of Scott Morrison.
