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Rent, Rage, Repeat: Housing’s predictable election comeback

Our political debates about housing repeat as regularly as the property cycle

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Cameron Murray
Apr 28, 2025
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Housing is a central policy focus for all political parties in the lead-up to Saturday’s federal election.

There are many strong views on whose housing policy is better, often fuelled by partisanship. Here, I want to help you make sense of it all by sharing some relevant economic, political and historical context.

What are the main housing policies?

Here’…

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