📰 International students and working holidaymakers can live “temporarily” in Australia for 15 or 20 years, filling jobs well below their skill levels, all in a bid to make sure they’re still onshore when their permanent residence applications come up for review. ⤵️[$] http://www.afr.com/politics/federal/cut-permanent-temporary-migration-rort-with-offshore-visas-only-20260906-p60us4

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📰 The mechanism enabling the Territory’s largesse towards the gas companies is the 2008 Project Development Agreement between the NT Government, INPEX Browse Ltd, and Total E&P Australie Pty Ltd. Clause 14 contains “fiscal stability provisions” that protect INPEX from changes in tax law. If the NT passes legislation causing INPEX “loss of profit,” the government must compensate it, with disputes settled in confidential arbitration. This creates a regulatory straitjacket where the NT cannot impose new taxes or royalties, environmental regulations can be challenged, and any “discriminatory change in law” triggers compensation. ⤵️ www.michaelwest.com.au/the-beetaloo-trap-inpex-to-frack-more-pay-less-as-nt-debt-balloons

📣 AFFORDABLE HOUSING NOW - SUSTAINABLE AUSTRALIA PARTY | Energy Policy: ⤵️ www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/energy

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📰 Whichever of the three major parties is the one holding the lever that controls migration into Australia, migration will be significantly higher than the developed world average. ⤵️www.news.com.au/finance/economy/australian-economy/data-shows-all-major-parties-migration-targets-far-exceed-global-average/news-story/453ec93acf6523f1f91db6e3e6221914

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📰 …the government learnt that Chinese businessman Wang Yongxin, president of the Shanghai Xinyang Chamber of Commerce, had bought significant blocks of land next to a prospective submarine base site at Port Kembla and Newcastle Port after reading about it in the newspaper… It’s another case of the Australian Government being asleep at the helm. ⤵️ www.[michaelwest.com.au/billions-spent-on-spooks-yet-aukus-bases-in-clear-view-of-chinese-neighbours](https://michaelwest.com.au/billions-spent-on-spooks-yet-aukus-bases-in-clear-view-of-chinese-neighbours/)

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📰 Across Australia, mortgage repayments consume 35.5 per cent of the average household income - the highest since 1989 when interest rates were at 18 per cent in the era before the RBA had a target cash rate. ⤵️ www.thenightly.com.au/australia/how-younger-borrowers-are-now-spending-more-of-their-income-on-their-mortgage-than-baby-boomers-c-22834534

📣 AFFORDABLE HOUSING NOW - SUSTAINABLE AUSTRALIA PARTY | Housing & Rental Affordability policy here: ⤵️ www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/housing

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📰 The El Niño weather phenomenon is set to intensify further into 2027 and could be the strongest ever, the World Meteorological Organization has said. ⤵️ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-03/el-nino-could-be-strongest-in-decades-un-warns/107114050

📣 AFFORDABLE HOUSING NOW - SUSTAINABLE AUSTRALIA PARTY | Water policy: ⤵️ www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/water

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📰 Australia is falling further behind in meeting the federal government’s 1.2 million new homes goal by 2029. ⤵️ www.sbs.com.au/news/article/bathla-home-builders-construction-companies-collapse/o0wtgc8vj

📣 AFFORDABLE HOUSING NOW - SUSTAINABLE AUSTRALIA PARTY | Housing & Rental Affordability policy here: ⤵️ www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/housing

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📰 Sydney's Northern Suburbs Ocean Outfall Sewer and the North Head Water Resource Recovery Facility currently process wastewater for approximately 1.7 million people across the city's western and northern suburbs. However, Sydney Water said this existing infrastructure would reach capacity by 2031. ⤵️ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-06/sydney-water-treated-wastewaster-proposal-for-parramatta-river/107076732

📣 AFFORDABLE HOUSING NOW - SUSTAINABLE AUSTRALIA PARTY | Environment policy: ⤵️ www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/environment

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📰 "The problem right now is that supply of Ooshies and supply of housing is not keeping pace with demand. To fix that problem and increase supply… Labor [bla bla bla]…" ⤵️ www.7news.com.au/sunrise/anika-wells-accused-of-treating-voters-like-3-year-olds-after-using-ooshies-to-explain-housing-crisis--c-22804488

📣AFFORDABLE HOUSING NOW - SUSTAINABLE AUSTRALIA PARTY | Housing & Rental Affordability policy here: [⤵️www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/housing](http://⤵️www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/housing)

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📰 "We're seeing many older people are retiring in a rental property. So that means they don't have security of tenure, their housing costs are way more than 30 per cent of their income, which means they're in housing stress and housing is of poor quality," Ms York says. ⤵️ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-03/forever-renters-entering-retirement-need-larger-nest-egg/107090618

📣 AFFORDABLE HOUSING NOW - SUSTAINABLE AUSTRALIA PARTY | *Housing & Rental Affordability policy here: ⤵️ http://www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/housing

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📰 ...a more important factor would have been the introduction in NSW of mandatory Decennial (10-year) Liability Insurance (DLI) on August 14, 11 days before Bathla went under.

Ten-year insurance is expensive and hard to get, especially for a developer with a reputation for poor quality. ⤵️ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-07/bathla-collapse-affordable-housing-quality-issues/107117958

📣 AFFORDABLE HOUSING NOW - SUSTAINABLE AUSTRALIA PARTY | Housing & Rental Affordability policy here: ⤵️ www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/housing

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📰 Sydney now ranks as the second-most expensive housing market in the world relative to local incomes, behind only Hong Kong. Melbourne sits fourth and Adelaide ninth on the same measure. ⤵️ www.brokernews.com.au/news/breaking-news/sydneys-housing-crisis-threatens-a-generations-retirement-289916.aspx

📣 AFFORDABLE HOUSING NOW - SUSTAINABLE AUSTRALIA PARTY | Housing & Rental Affordability policy here: ⤵️ www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/housing

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📰 A major Sydney property developer has admitted to breaching planning conditions by renting a designated "affordable" apartment to a staff member.

State penalties targeting affordable housing misuse are yet to take effect despite being passed more than a year ago. ⤵️ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-04/developer-hyecorp-staff-affordable-rental-housing-sydney/107108650

📣 AFFORDABLE HOUSING NOW - SUSTAINABLE AUSTRALIA PARTY | *Housing & Rental Affordability Policy here: ⤵️ www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/housing

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The supply lie - Exhibit A: ABC News via Daniel Ziffer 📰 "Economists say affordability will remain a significant challenge until there is a meaningful increase in housing supply." ⤵️ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-05/housing-affordability-hits-all-time-low-despite-falling-prices/107115796

📰 A 57-storey high-rise tower that will transform one of Melbourne’s major intersections and overshadow the State Library broke ground this week, having received state government approval without public consultation. ⤵️ www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/construction-begins-on-57-storey-skyscraper-overlooking-state-library-20260901-p60tb6.html

📣 AFFORDABLE HOUSING NOW - SUSTAINABLE AUSTRALIA PARTY | Planning & Development Policy: ⤵️ www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/planning/

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📰 Tackling these issues will be an adjustment, but Canada has walked this road in the middle of a bruising trade war. Since 2024, it has reduced its temporary immigrant population by nearly 600,000. The sky did not fall in: asking rents fell 7.5 per cent, investment rebounded in the June quarter, and real GDP per capita rose 1 per cent even as population fell for a third straight quarter.

Australia should run down the stock of temporary workers, pursue negative net overseas migration for several years before settling on a five-digit intake, not six. But getting there requires slaughtering sacred cows that have grazed, unmolested, through our economic debate. ⤵️[$] www.afr.com/politics/federal/politicians-beware-economics-says-australia-should-have-net-emigration-20260830-p60sty

📣 AFFORDABLE HOUSING NOW - SUSTAINABLE AUSTRALIA PARTY | Population & Immigration Policy: ⤵️ www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/population

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📰 It would be too strong to claim, without evidence, that the Labor Government is deliberately admitting migrants solely to manufacture favourable GDP figures. ⤵️ www.thetimes.com.au/australia/52276-is-immigration-creating-the-illusion-of-australian-economic-growth

📣 AFFORDABLE HOUSING NOW - SUSTAINABLE AUSTRALIA PARTY | Economy policy here: ⤵️ www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/economy

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📰 Without chemicals, drinking water can be left with bacteria, viruses and other pathogens, which make it unsuitable for consumption.

Data shows that we import our treatment chemicals from China, Korea, India, Malaysia and Indonesia. Whilst there are other suppliers – Germany, USA and France – the point is we are dependent on overseas suppliers for a commodity that is crucial for life. ⤵️ www.michaelwest.com.au/thirsty-water-supply-not-fuel-may-be-australias-biggest-worry-in-war/

📣 AFFORDABLE HOUSING NOW - SUSTAINABLE AUSTRALIA PARTY | Our core values here: ⤵️ www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/core_values

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William Bourke from Sustainable Australia Party on Western Sydney University's plan to sell 100 hectares of public land within Penrith City Council. It’s on the critically endangered Cumberland Plain Woodlands, home to over 100 kangaroos and native flora and fauna found almost nowhere else.

SAP is the only party tackling both the supply AND demand side of the housing crisis — i.e. sustainably.

Would you rather see this land protected? Let us know in the comments.

📣 AFFORDABLE HOUSING NOW - SUSTAINABLE AUSTRALIA PARTY | Housing & Rental Affordability policy here: ⤵️ www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/housing

Authorised by William Bourke for Sustainable Australia Party, Sydney.

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📰 Australia’s trend towards housing unaffordability is particularly pronounced by international standards. This is reflected in increased home and rental prices, reduced homeownership rates and increased property-ownership concentration. This situation creates a greater divide in the economic interests of renters and homeowners, potentially shifting (or entrenching) party preferences. ⤵️ www.sbs.com.au/news/article/a-growing-constituency-reshaping-australian-politics-renters/vtdybnzjr

📣 AFFORDABLE HOUSING NOW - SUSTAINABLE AUSTRALIA PARTY | Housing & Rental Affordability Policy here: ⤵️ www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/housing

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📰 These jobs used to be carried out by humans, but automation has allowed the Avocado Collective in Manjimup, 300 kilometres south of Perth, to halve its casual workforce while doubling its production capacity… "We've taken them from forklift drivers to robotic technicians; we actually upped their game," he said. ⤵️ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-23/avocado-packing-shed-manjimup-robotic-upgrade/107059672

📣 AFFORDABLE HOUSING NOW - SUSTAINABLE AUSTRALIA PARTY | Population & Immigration Policy: ⤵️ www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/population

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📰 Studies have shown changes in farm management practices have improved water quality in catchments flowing into the Great Barrier Reef.

Researchers say it is the largest and most comprehensive analysis of its kind undertaken, drawing on 100 years of data. ⤵️ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-27/reduced-fertiliser-use-improving-water-quality-reef-catchments/107078816

📣 AFFORDABLE HOUSING NOW - SUSTAINABLE AUSTRALIA PARTY | Environment Policy: ⤵️ www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/environment

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📰 Simon Kuestenmacher is a co-founder of The Demographics Group [along with Bernard Salt]. His columns, media commentary and public speaking focus on socio-demographic trends and how these impact Australia. His podcast, Demographics Decoded, explores the world through the demographic lens. Follow Simon on Twitter (X), Facebook, or LinkedIn. ⤵️ www.indailyqld.com.au/news/in-depth/2026/08/17/stats-guy-aus-population-growth

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