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Let's share good ideas. 💡 "He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that." ~John Stuart Mill
Sydney, New South Wales
Joined May 2010
The CSIRO just admitted that electricity from coal is cheaper than renewables. So why do the headlines say the opposite?
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NSW Premier @ChrisMinnsMP : Sydney is the 2nd most expensive city in the world — yet we build fewer homes than VIC & QLD. A great city can’t survive as a museum. Housing reform is urgent. Watch his full CIS speech 👇
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NZ Housing Minister @cjsbishop: Our collective failure to build has trapped people in poverty, increased inequality, and shattered the dream of a property-owning democracy. Housing reform isn’t optional — it’s essential. Watch his CIS speech 👇
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RT @markothoughts: Had a listen to the excellent @CISOZ event with @cjsbishop & @ChrisMinnsMP . Gonna note some bits I liked below (and a….
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2. NSW Premier @ChrisMinnsMP and NZ Housing Minister @cjsbishop are delivering bold reforms to fix this – by making it easier to build.
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RT @CISOZ: At a @CISOZ forum, NSW Premier @ChrisMinnsMP & NZ Housing Minister @cjsbishop joined @Peter Tulip to unpack reforms, zoning, & w….
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At a @CISOZ forum, NSW Premier @ChrisMinnsMP & NZ Housing Minister @cjsbishop joined @Peter Tulip to unpack reforms, zoning, & what governments can do for the next generation. 🎥 Watch the full video here:
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RT @themetresgained: I struggle to listen to or watch myself back, but here's my conversation with my colleague Rob Forsyth about my experi….
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Experts fear deposit scheme could fuel a housing bubble. @peter_tulip said 'It was difficult to gauge the accuracy of the modelling without seeing the numbers underpinning it, but he knew of no research that would support such a low impact on prices'.
australianconveyancer.com.au
House prices could surge and mortgage defaults rise when a government scheme to help first home buyers begins ahead of schedule, experts warn.
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RT @FootnotesGuy: This was in response to a Freedom of Information request @CISOZ put in, inspired by this brilliant take on CSIRO's refusa….
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Labor’s first-home scheme could backfire, pushing prices up. 'The problem with the govt proposal is it’s giving borrowers a one-way bet: that if prices rise, they make a pile of money, and if prices fall, then the taxpayer cops it' said @peter_tulip.
theguardian.com
Treasury estimates new policy will only add 0.5% to home prices over six years, but some experts disagree
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Housing bubble risk rises with deposit scheme rollout. @peter_tulip said 'This is going to make housing bubbles more likely [. ] the real action in housing affordability was in zoning'.
canberratimes.com.au
House prices could surge and mortgage defaults rise when a government scheme to help first home buyers begins...
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Don’t miss this exclusive forum with NSW Premier Chris Minns & NZ Housing Minister Chris Bishop. Tomorrow night. 👉 Book your ticket now:
cis.org.au
Premier Chris Minns meets NZ Minister Chris Bishop: bold housing reforms from both sides of politics. Book now!
.@ChrisMinnsMP and @cjsbishop are delivering world-leading changes in housing policy, in NSW and NZ respectively. They discuss at a @CISOZ forum. Tuesday 26 August. 5:30pm .New venue: Intercontinental Hotel, Sydney. Tickets here: .
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New Zealand’s bold upzoning shows how housing supply can surge, rents can fall, & affordability can improve. Ahead of our housing event with @ChrisMinnsMP & @cjsbishop tomorrow, revisit this @CISOZ webinar with Stuart Donovan & @peter_tulip on lessons for Australia 👇
.@ChrisMinnsMP and @cjsbishop are delivering world-leading changes in housing policy, in NSW and NZ respectively. They discuss at a @CISOZ forum. Tuesday 26 August. 5:30pm .New venue: Intercontinental Hotel, Sydney. Tickets here: .
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Plenty of talk, no real solutions: housing roundtable fails. 'The roundtable failed to address the restrictions imposed on housing supply through zoning and planning'Â said @peter_tulip.
canberratimes.com.au
Plans to improve housing supply have emerged from the productivity roundtable, but economists say they won't fix the...
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Productivity roundtable's uncertain impact. What was the point?. 'With the productivity roundtable now ended, it is hard not to wonder what the point of the exercise was' read Simon Cowan's latest op-ed:
cis.org.au
Surely it was not the 10 supposed reform directions, some of which contradict the others in practice (eg tax reform).
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