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Dutton’s Housing “Initiative”: A Masterclass in Political Hypocrisy

15 April 2025 AIMN Editorial 5

By Wilkinson Kayne Peter Dutton’s recent PR campaign – featuring his son and an affordable housing initiative – is a textbook case study in political miscalculation. The optics alone are disastrous: a wealthy politician using […]

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Budget reply fails to set out plan to lift living standards or tackle housing crisis

27 March 2025 AIMN Editorial 6

Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) Media Release The Coalition’s budget reply contained no plan for supporting those on the lowest incomes or addressing the housing affordability crisis. “Nothing in the Coalition’s plan would permanently […]

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Housing tax breaks fuel housing crisis and must be fixed

11 March 2025 AIMN Editorial 0

Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) Media Release ACOSS is calling on all parties and candidates to support reforms to negative gearing and the 50% capital gains discount and invest the revenue raised in social […]

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Dutton’s Housing “Initiative”: A Masterclass in Political Hypocrisy

Budget reply fails to set out plan to lift living standards or tackle housing crisis

Housing tax breaks fuel housing crisis and must be fixed