Politics Labor pledges $10 billion to boost first home buyer access The government announced a $10 billion housing plan to help more Australians—especially first home buyers—access the property market sooner.
News & Views Workers are not the problem in this economic crisis, Tim Gurner. And we’re not the solution either When Tim Gurner took to the stage at the AFR Property Summit, he implied that perhaps we were the problem to the economic crisis.
News & Views ‘Daughter of Croatian migrants’ and a ‘progressive Liberal’: Maria Kovacic’s first speech Kovacic spoke about the challenges of the housing market for young people, as well as her commitment to improving outcomes for women.
News & Views Research: the ‘brutal reality’ of Australia’s housing crisis and what it means for women Two thirds of Australians are experiencing housing stress amid the ‘brutal reality’ of the country’s ongoing housing crisis.
News & Views ‘Serious rental stress’: Essential workers are unable to rent by themselves Essential workers would need to spend two-thirds of their income on rent to be able to afford to live alone.
News & Views Raiding super early has already left women worse off. Let’s not repeat the mistake for home deposits Allowing early access to superannuation as a housing policy risks widening the gender gap between men and women, writes Alison Preston.
News & Views Perhaps we should rebrand Senator Jane Hume to Minister for Women’s Economic InSecurity “How can we really trust the Morrison government and Jane Hume…when their previous raids on super played out exactly the way experts warned they would for women, especially DV victims?”
News & Views A mum’s nightmare: Australia’s housing crisis Rather than become a country that treats housing just as an investment that deepens inequality, we can give families a place to call home.
News & Views Australian households with children & a female main income earner are twice as likely to live in poverty Women with caring responsibilities were at greater risk of poverty even before COVID-19 which highlights the risk of ‘snapping back’ early.
