Performative Politics Won’t Solve The Housing Crisis!

August 24, 2025 00:14:21
Performative Politics Won’t Solve The Housing Crisis!
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Performative Politics Won’t Solve The Housing Crisis!

Aug 24 2025 | 00:14:21

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Show Notes

The announcement from the Government to freeze the building code came fast after the Productivity Round-table, and as expected, this is more performative politics, which will do nothing to solve housing affordability, but will give the Government cover for more tax reform. The standards are not policed effectively in any case, and many homes in Australia were built before insulation was required by law, and even after regulations were introduced, the minimum standards here are lower than in Europe or North America. In Victoria, mandatory insulation only started in 1991, and national minimum energy standards were not set until 2003.Poor […]

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