2024 is shaping up as the year of the renter. Labor needs to do more if it wants to keep their vote.

Joey Moloney and I outline a roadmap for federal housing policy in Guardian Australia.

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We’re very proud to announce that we’re joining with YIMBY Melbourne and Sydney YIMBY to form the Abundant Housing Network Australia, a national alliance dedicated to pursuing housing abundance and better cities across Australia! Read more on our website: greatercanberra.org/blog/introduci…

Better understanding of housing affordability was a key reason I moved into the property space… so I’m really excited to launch the new PropTrack Housing Affordability Index and report today:

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1/ National Cabinet meets tomorrow to tackle the rental crisis in Australia. It has a big task ahead. Grattan Institute #auspol

Why freezing rents would do more harm than good. My latest in The Sydney Morning Herald with Joey Moloney on how national cabinet should and should not tackle the rental crisis.

We should strengthen rental protections, raise rent assistance and boost housing supply.

smh.com.au/national/why-f…

Your morning listening just dropped!

Our own Jonathan O'Brien and Sydney YIMBY’s Melissa Neighbour were privileged to sit down with Grattan Institute to talk about the urgent need for the YIMBY movement, and the reforms we call for.

pca.st/episode/571780…

Move over NIMBYs, here come the YIMBYs.
 
A special Grattan Institute podcast on the young people’s movement that aims to revolutionise Australia’s housing policy debate.

pca.st/uf0bru34 #auspol #rents Joey Moloney YIMBY Melbourne Sydney YIMBY Jonathan O'Brien Melissa Neighbour

Building on Howard Maclean’s critique of the absence of land use in elite policy discourse I was struck in @jollyswagmanpod’s excellent interviews with former Treasury Secretary Ken Henry about how little interest that generation of policymakers seemed to have in urban economics

Incredible juxtapostion here

We’ve been profiled alongside Sydney YIMBY by Elias Visontay for Guardian Australia.

The piece is fantastic, and really lays out what we’re fighting for, and why housing abundance is a fight everyone can get behind.

theguardian.com/australia-news…

8 things Dan Andrew’s should do to make housing more affordable

Sharp analysis by Grattan Institute housing policy experts Trent Wiltshire and Joey Moloney

grattan.edu.au/news/8-policie… #auspol #springst #rents #homelessness

Are rate rises are the only way to stop inflation?

Trent Wiltshire Joey Moloney & @Kat_Clay tackle this topic on our in-depth podcast, discussing:
📈 Raising the super guarantee
🧾 Increasing tax & GST
🤑 Greedflation

Listen here: buff.ly/448JFhn #auspol

Any tips where to go to find data on commercial property trends (vacancy rates, rents etc)? Specifically office space.

What do Australians actually earn and own? 🤔

Find out with our handy #Budget2023 cheat sheets. The results may surprise you... buff.ly/3LJscWb #auspol Brendan Coates Joey Moloney

Attacks on Grattan’s super policy proposals are misguided. Our reforms are hard-headed, rational – and necessary. Here’s why. Brendan Coates #auspol grattan.edu.au/news/making-su…

1/ Australia is on track for 25 years of budget deficits. Teenagers starting high school today have never seen a budget surplus and probably won’t until they are well into adulthood.

The federal government needs to cut spending and raise taxes. Here’s why, and how. 🧵 #auspol

Why — and how — super tax breaks should be reformed

Compelling case by ⁦Brendan Coates⁩ from ⁦Grattan Institute⁩ in today’s The Australian

#auspol #ausecon #equity theaustralian.com.au/commentary/tax…

Listen to Brendan Coates & Joey Moloney discuss how to make the superannuation system fairer and more sustainable on our latest podcast. buff.ly/3K5KjDv #auspol

Australia's superannuation system is 'unfair and unsustainable' according to Brendan Coates & Joey Moloney at the Grattan Institute abc.net.au/news/2023-04-0… They want to see a far more radical overhaul of the tax breaks than Labor's 30% tax on $3m+ balances. #ausecon #auspol #tax

New Grattan Institute report. Super has become a taxpayer-funded inheritance scheme for the rich. Here’s how to fix it – and save billions: theconversation.com/super-has-beco… Grattan Institute Brendan Coates Joey Moloney The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand #ausecon #auspol