US EditionLabor played the Medicare card in its victory. Now it wants to own housing
- NSW Labor heavyweights established Labor for Housing in 2025 to make housing a core party cause alongside workers' rights and Medicare.
- This initiative follows Labor's federal success using Medicare as a campaign focus and responds to Sydney's ongoing housing crisis and unmet targets.
- Labor for Housing promotes YIMBYism and aims to build grassroots support amid political reluctance due to anti-development voting trends.
- Premiere Chris Minns conceded NSW will miss its goal to build 75,000 homes annually under the National Housing Accord while the federal government lags behind its 1.2 million homes target.
- The new campaign and national housing targets imply Labor seeks to define itself by solving housing supply shortages despite significant implementation challenges.
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Simon Randall: How the Tories could regain their title as the party of home ownership for all generations
Simon Randall CBE is a former Bromley councillor and has been advising local authorities on procurement matters for many years. Before the July 2024 General Election, the then Labour Party spokesperson – in supporting the right-to-buy – considered that “home ownership was the bedrock of emotional security”. Following a paper that put home ownership as one of Labour’s key policies, The Times commented that the Party was “stealing the Tory Party’s…
SBS Nepali Finance Talk: Labor's housing policies and Sydney's hot property suburbs
In this episode of our monthly finance chat, financial advisor Bishwas Bhattarai discusses Labor's housing policies and its effectiveness for first home buyers. The other topics discussed in this episode include the RBA meeting next week, interest rate projection, housing and rental market in major cities across Australia and Sydney's most in-demand suburbs.
Labor’s 2nd Term Begins Under Shadow of Productivity, Housing Crunch: Economists
With its re-election secured, Labor government now faces the hard reality of dealing with Australia’s structural economic problems. Economists warn that beneath slightly easing inflation figures lies entrenched issues: stagnant productivity, unaffordable housing, and a suffocating business environment. Most agree that inflation, once the dominant concern, is no longer the immediate threat. Independent economist Saul Eslake links the earlier infl…
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