This week, we received data on dwelling approvals from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), which showed that the Albanese government’s target of building 1.2 million homes over five years (i.e., 240,000 dwellings a year) is falling badly behind. In the first 14 months of the National Housing Accord, 218,306 dwellings were approved, 61,694 (22%)
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