Meet Julie Collins, Albo’s housing liar

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Earlier this year, Federal Housing Minister, Julie Collins, told Australians that the nation faced a housing “supply issue” that “has been going on for a very long time”:

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This month, Collins told a Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) event, entitled “Tackling Australia’s Housing Crisis”, that governments must ally with investors to solve the nation’s housing crisis:

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“Housing is not someone else’s problem, It’s everyone’s problem”, she told the forum.

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.