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The brutal truth on housing. Someone has to lose in order for first homebuyers to win

  • Written by Brendan Coates, Fellow, Grattan Institute
The brutal truth on housing. Someone has to lose in order for first homebuyers to winOne set of policies acknowledges reality.Shutterstock

On housing, the contrast between the two major parties on housing couldn’t be clearer.

The Coalition is still pretending that you can help first homebuyers without hurting anyone. Labor isn’t.

This matters, because Australian governments have been pretending for decades that there are...

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