Repayment affordability in cities like Brisbane, Perth and Darwin are in a band from slightly better than the average index level for the 90s to at most 12.5% worse.
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Go for Olympic host city gold – and go for broke too
The Olympic business model means that host cities invariably lose out. Brisbane will need a heroic effort to avoid that fate.
Australian Curriculum Assessment and Review Authority fails Australian students
If the first sign of madness is doing the same thing and expecting a different result, how are we to describe the state of mind that does the same failed policy twice as hard and expects an even better result?
Victorian ‘windfall tax’ kicks entrepreneurs and home buyers
Other state governments should not copy this misguided tax, which will stymie development and push up house prices.
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Housing affordability index December 2020
The latest AIP Housing Affordability Index shows that while house prices have risen there is scope for them to rise much further before they become unaffordable, judged on an historical basis of what purchasers are prepared to pay.
Use super savings to solve housing affordability crisis
We've renewed our call for first home buyers to be able to borrow from their superannuation account towards their deposit based on a new study: "Superannuation and Housing: growing the cake and eating it too".
Housing affordability index September 2020
The latest edition of the AIP’s Housing Affordability Index shows house repayments continuing to be affordable on historical comparisons, while deposits continue to be relatively unaffordable.
Is Queensland the laziest state?
The Queensland parliament sits less time than any other parliament. What are they trying to hide?
Exit poll Queensland 2020
What is clear is that by the end of the election, COVID-19 and the government's handling of it was the major issue for people changing their votes, as it was for Labor voters overall.
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