State Budgets Tinkering Around the Edges of Our Housing Crisis

The reason why we are struggling to build new homes is because the states have loaded their tax systems onto the housing sector.
State Budgets Tinkering Around the Edges of Our Housing Crisis
A for-sale sign indicates a residential property sold on the open market on the north shore suburbs of Sydney, Australia, on April 4, 2017. Jason Reed/Reuters
Graham Young
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State budgets have come and gone leaving their individual housing markets more or less untouched.

Graham Young
Graham Young
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Graham Young is the executive director of the Australian Institute for Progress. He is the editor and founder of OnlineOpinion.com.au and has conducted qualitative polling on Australian politics since 2001. Mr. Young has contributed to The Australian newspaper, The Australian Financial Review, and is a regular on ABC Radio Brisbane.
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