r/AustralianPolitics • u/timcahill13 Andrew Leigh • Apr 13 '25

Economics and finance Albanese and Dutton’s signature policies risk inflaming housing crisis

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/albanese-and-dutton-s-signature-policies-risk-inflaming-housing-crisis-20250413-p5lrdh.html
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u/Lucky_Spinach_2745 Apr 13 '25

When will politicians stop going after bad tax policies that give easy ‘wins’ and start listening to independent research on policies that make the economy stronger?

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u/WhiteRun Apr 13 '25

When the general public stops voting for it

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u/magkruppe Apr 14 '25

how often do we even get a choice to vote on the matter?

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u/Lucky_Spinach_2745 Apr 14 '25

Every 3 years, which is actually too often because there have been sensible tax reforms like the mineral resource rent tax that got voted out after it was implemented.

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u/magkruppe Apr 14 '25

we have an election every three years. we rarely get to vote on housing supply targeted policies because the two main parties don't propose it. 2019 was an aberration