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Super funds targeted in Shorten's housing affordability package

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Labor will promise to ban direct borrowing by self-managed superannuation funds, as part of a housing affordability policy released on Friday to pre-empt the government’s package in next month’s budget.

This “limited recourse borrowing” – where a creditor has limited claims on the loan if there is a default - has...

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Grattan on Friday: Malcolm Turnbull forges 'values' into political weaponry

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Malcolm Turnbull’s spectacular elevation of “Australian values” raises questions about the Prime Minister’s own values. In particular, has he once again forfeited his political integrity?

This week’s targeting of foreign skilled workers and the new, tougher citizenship requirements smack of a desperate effort to tap...

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Australians largely support science, but not all see the benefits

  • Written by: Jill Sheppard, Lecturer, School of Politics and International Relations, Australian National University
imageAustralians support science, but nuanced views are found amongst people with differing incomes and education. from www.shutterstock.com

Scientists in Australia (and across the world) will take to the streets for the March for Science on April 22. It’s timely, therefore, to discover Australians overwhelmingly support the role of science in...

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Australian governments are treading lightly around Airbnb

  • Written by: Nicole Gurran, Professor - Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney
imageDespite a huge apartment boom in inner Sydney, Airbnb may make house affordability worse.Shutterstock

Australia, and particularly Sydney, are gripped by a housing affordability crisis. So the NSW government’s omission of any concrete commitment to monitor the conversion of permanent rental housing to holiday accommodation, like Airbnb and Stay...

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