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Jim Chalmers labels Peter Dutton’s budget reply an ‘unhinged’ and ‘nasty’ rant
Opposition leader promised in speech on Thursday to restrict property investment by non-residents Follow our Australia...
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California: Newsom advances $3.3bn for mental health centers and homeless housing
Funds from plan, designed to build treatment centers and clinics, made available early as state grapples...
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Jacinta Allan might have offered a bold vision for Victoria. This is what Labor’s budget delivered instead
The new premier had little relief from cost-of-living pressures for single people, couples without children and...
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Fix Europe’s housing crisis or risk fuelling the far-right, UN expert warns
Unaffordable rents and property prices risk becoming a key political battleground across the continentHigher costs and...
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Higher costs and cramped conditions: the impact of Europe’s housing crisis
Affording a home has become a political issue as rents and prices soar and supply plummetsFix...
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If Jacinta Allan isn’t Daniel Andrews, her first budget should show Victorians exactly who she is
A huge infrastructure agenda helped win Andrews three elections but the priority now for the state...
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Homeless women and children offered car park to sleep in through NSW pilot program
NSW homelessness minister acknowledges program is direct response to housing crisis but says ‘it’s not acceptable...
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Residents to continue fighting demolition of Melbourne public housing towers despite court setback
Pledge comes after Victoria’s supreme court dismisses residents’ class action against government, saying it has ‘no...
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Forced home moves cost renters over half a billion pounds a year
There were 830,000 unwanted moves in England over the past 12 months, meaning 40% have been...
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Sadiq Khan promises 40,000 new London council homes if he wins third term
Mayor says May election is a ‘once in a generation’ chance to tackle the city’s housing...
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Call for refugees in UK to have twice as long to find homes after hotel evictions
Exclusive: Charities say Home Office should allow 56 days after near 1,000% rise in rough sleeping...
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Capacity crunch on National Grid is delaying new homes in UK by years
Council leaders warn of ‘infrastructure crisis’ that will also affect green energy schemes and hinder growthHousing...
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Coalition flags expanding super for housing policy amid increase in house prices
Michael Sukkar says policy may need to be revised ahead of next federal election but the...
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Anti-leasehold bill contains loopholes for developers, say campaigners
Clauses in Michael Gove’s bill include exemptions for properties in a retirement village or on land...
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UK middle classes ‘struggling despite incomes of up to £60,000 a year’
Insecure jobs and high housing costs make it hard to maintain decent living standard, says abrdn...
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Australian cities hollow out as younger families move out and inner suburbs get older
Many families move to afford a freestanding house, but higher density living could save them money,...
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Tuesday briefing: Inside Humza Yousaf’s uphill battle to help the SNP rediscover its mojo
In today’s newsletter: A year since Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation, the SNP’s new leader has been trying...
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Ad guru Harold Mitchell mourned; man dies at Echuca’s Southern 80 water ski race – as it happened
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Tenant sues landlord claiming UK flat was sublet as he was stranded abroad
Social housing resident Filippe Scalora alleges a stranger moved into his flat while he could not...
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Parents plead for help after girl, one, taken to hospital six times due to mould
Father of Dareen Nuru says they have been told to move out of south London flat...
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Many Queensland families unable to afford basic cost of living as Brisbane leads nation in price hikes
Low-income family with children in deficit of about $200 a week just trying to afford basics,...
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Voters think Labour would be better than Conservatives on housing and house prices
Opposition would do better on issues including the economy, health, education, the environment, immigration and crime,...
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Three dead after being pulled from water off Phillip Island – as it happened
This blog is now closed.Labor MPs endorse changes to stage-three tax cutsGet our morning and afternoon...
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Police hunt alleged $8.7m Melbourne property swindler and warn of ‘pig butchering’ scams
Detectives believe man is targeting single women – while AFP shines spotlight on romance fraudGet our...