As apartment developments reshape the inner city, Canberra’s public housing has now fallen to 7.1 per cent of the capital’s total housing stock.
(The Canberra Times, 26 December 2018 | Gallery of most recent cartoons)
Tag Archives: housing
Indebted
The government announces changes to higher education funding: student fees up 8%, HECS debts to be repaid earlier, and budget cuts.
Keane in Crikey [paywalled]: What, exactly, motivates this government’s passionate loathing of young people?
(The Canberra Times, 2 May 2017 | Gallery of most recent cartoons)
Housing affordability
Having ruled out more effective measures that might tilt the property market in favour of those who want to buy home and away from those who want to speculate on a capital gain, the Treasurer floats the idea of allowing young people to use their superannuation savings for a house deposit.
(The Canberra Times, 13 April 2017 | Gallery of most recent cartoons)