The Property Council of Australia was at it again this week: hopping on the mantra of housing affordability to push for policy changes which would advantage their members.
The council’s policy changes are mainly about diverting money from other things into housing, mainly by cutting taxes and increasing government spending on housing, thereby reducing spending on health and education and so on, and by allowing people to dip into superannuation for housing, thereby putting a strain on public pensions later.
The council also wants a reduction in what it calls planning red tape.
(The full policy list can be seen at: www.propertyoz.com.au/nsw.)
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