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National affairs Treasury tools up for housing Peter Mares 2 June 2025 Clare O’Neil has gained extra ministerial clout, and that could be good news for housing policy and programs National affairs It’s not as simple as building more houses Peter Mares 21 May 2025 Labor’s housing policies focus on increasing supply. Now it must also tackle distribution National affairs The battle for Melbourne Peter Mares 15 May 2025 An inquiry into planning reform in Victoria’s upper house cuts to the heart of Australia’s housing debates Other Voices Is China the future? Noah Smith 9 May 2025 What does it mean for China to be “the future”? And what does that future look like?

National affairs And that’s housing Peter Mares 30 November 2023 Alan Kohler meets the ghost of Bob Menzies in the latest Quarterly Essay National affairs Can we build them? Peter Mares 13 October 2023 The federal government has set a target of 1.2 million new homes in five years. Discussions at the National Housing Conference revealed the scale of the challenge National affairs Two cheers for the HAFF Peter Mares 13 September 2023 Labor and the crossbench have finally come together to tackle Australia’s housing crisis, but more needs to be done National affairs Flawed foundations Peter Mares 8 September 2023 The federal government needs more than conventional wisdom to craft a national housing strategy

National affairs Asking the wrong questions about housing Peter Mares 24 September 2021 It might be ill-conceived, but at least the latest inquiry into housing affordability is generating high-quality evidence National affairs Good ideas going nowhere Peter Mares 27 August 2021 Timid governments need shaking up — but the pressure won’t come from the top National affairs Tribal gridlock John Daley 27 July 2021 A hardening of shibboleths is eating away at good government National affairs Rising prices, plummeting rents Peter Mares 15 February 2021 Australia’s housing market goes crazy — again