After COVID, we’ll need a rethink to repair Australia’s housing system and the economy

Hal Pawson, UNSW; Bill Randolph, UNSW; Chris Leishman, and Duncan Maclennan, University of Glasgow A new report from the New South Wales Productivity Commission (NSWPC) announces that “[higher] housing costs […] impose broader economic costs”. That chimes with our own newly published research. The implication is that Australia’s heavily capitalised housing market will weigh down

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Innovation districts like Melbourne’s could help chart our course out of crisis

Irene Håkansson, University of Melbourne and Kathryn Davidson, University of Melbourne In the face of the global health and climate crises, we look at our cities both anxiously and hopefully. We deviate from our normal patterns of behaviour to avoid close physical contact and suffer associated emotional and practical losses. At the same time, we

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