No, Aussies do not want to live in high-rise towers

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The Guardian’s Benita Kolovos penned a propaganda piece entitled “Downsizing the Australian dream: why families are trading houses with back yards for apartments”, putting a positive spin on forcing Australian families to live in high-rise apartments.

The article profiled a family of four living in a two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment in the inner Melbourne suburb of Collingwood.

Shoebox living

This family has converted their balcony into a play area for their children and has been forced to store their pram in the shower to save on space.

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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.