Housing

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For young people today, the “Australian dream” is rapidly turning into a nightmare. Isaac Nellist reports.

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A new report has found that renters are living in substandard homes that are failing to protect them from intense summer heat. Isaac Nellist reports. 

Max Chandler-Mather speaking at a rally

Stuart Munckton and Federico Fuentes sat down with Max Chandler-Mather, Greens MP for Griffith, to discuss the Brisbane Greens’ political vision and how parliament fits into their strategy for social change.

A coalition of grassroots housing groups launched a national petition campaign which aims to involve unions in defending and extending public housing. Kerry Smith reports.

NSW Labor’s plans to address the housing crisis don't include proven measures, such as more public housing, rent controls and removing property investor tax concessions. Andrew Chuter reports.

Renfrey Clarke argues that migrants are, unfortunately, the easy-to-blame scapegoats for a system that has lacked the vision and ability to provide affordable housing. 

Hundreds joined a Save Greater Sydney Coalition rally calling for real solutions to the housing crisis, not NSW Labor’s pro-developer rezoning and development scheme. Pip Hinman reports.

Judy Mundey, a long-term campaigner, told a Save Greater Sydney Coalition protest that she doubts Labor’s pro-developer rezoning plan and that public housing is no more an extravagant concept than public health care and public education.

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Touring Israeli real estate exhibitions are making stops in Canada to promote sales of land in the occupied West Bank in Palestine. Canadians are responding with protests, reports Jeff Shantz.

Women deserve to be safe, respected, equal

Anthony Albanese’s refusal to tackle structural disadvantage reveals his “commitment to gender equality” is a farce, argues Isaac Nellist.

Greens mayoral candidate Jonathan Sriranganathan hopes to expand the party’s representation on the Brisbane City Council and told Alex Bainbridge it has policies that point to transformational change.

A new phase in the battle for real solutions to the housing crisis has opened up with the Greens saying Labor’s “help-to-buy” housing scheme is only tinkering around the edges. Stuart Munckton and Federico Fuentes spoke with Greens housing spokesperson Max Chandler-Mather about the battle for real solutions to the housing crisis.