Hal Pawson

2 weeks ago | theconversation.com | Matt Garrow |Matthew Hall |Alan Morris |Hal Pawson |Jago Dodson |Liam J Davies

This federal election, both major parties have offered a “grab bag” of policy fixes for Australia’s stubborn housing affordability crisis. But there are still two big policy elephants in the room, which neither side wants to touch. The first is negative gearing. This can apply to business losses relating to any investment. But in the context of housing, it allows property investors to claim annual losses incurred renting out an investment property as deductions against their taxable income.

2 weeks ago | thefifthestate.com.au | Hal Pawson

Any doubts that Australia’s growing housing challenges would be a major focus of the federal election campaign have been dispelled over recent weeks. Both major parties announced strikingly ambitious housing initiatives as campaign centrepiece offers. So how do they compare? The Coalition had already pledged several significant housing initiatives, should it form government.

2 weeks ago | theconversation.com | Hal Pawson

Any doubts that Australia’s growing housing challenges would be a major focus of the federal election campaign have been dispelled over recent weeks. Both major parties announced strikingly ambitious housing initiatives as campaign centrepiece offers. So how do they compare? What’s the Coalition offering? The Coalition had already pledged several significant housing initiatives, should it form government.

1 month ago | johnmenadue.com | Hal Pawson

If I were housing minister in the next Parliament, and if I could secure the PM’s backing to squarely face up to the overdue need for fundamental housing reform, I would have a busy schedule ahead. That schedule would necessitate some hard choices and electoral risks that are exceptionally hard for governments to entertain in today’s political and media environment.

1 month ago | johnmenadue.com | Hal Pawson

Yet again, as a federal election approaches, we look set for a national debate in which competing housing policy offers will take centre stage. The Greens began to unveil their pitch back in 2024 and the Coalition has now started to follow suit . But while Labor’s 2025 election housing package remains under wraps, it’s timely to take stock of the Albanese Government’s housing record during the current Parliamentary term. How much of the 2022 platform has been delivered and to what effect?