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Coalition's super for housing policy 'unlikely to continue': Bragg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
... of our inquiry, it has been made clear to the Committee that having a secure retirement depends heavily on your home ownership status, not your super balance," Bragg said at the time. "We looked at existing and proposed super for housing policies to ...

Australia's billionaire boom branded 'morally wrong' by Oxfam

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... of the wealth spectrum has flatlined over the decade, averaging $28,000 - "leaving them with little prospect of home ownership," it said. Its analysis found that 99% of rentals are out of reach for full-time minimum wage earners, while homelessness is ...

Taxes and housing dominate election race

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... mortgage insurance (LMI) is a critical component in Australia's housing market by facilitating access to credit and home ownership, supporting the stability of the financial system, and underpinning competition in the lending market. ICA chief executive ...

Super for housing would benefit 4% of homebuyers: ASFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
... a house also would not need to access their super. "In effect, the policy does little to bring new entrants to home ownership. Instead, it merely enables those already positioned for homeownership to purchase more expensive properties," ASFA said. ASFA ...

Dutton doubles down on 'super for housing' policy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
... and dad," he said. "We will cut the migration intake to free up housing and restore the great Australian dream of home ownership. We will cut the permanent migration program by 25%. "We will ban foreign investors and temporary residents from purchasing ...

Chalmers boosts Help to Buy scheme, construction sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... deposit and a smaller mortgage. Around 40,000 Australian households locked out of the market will be helped into home ownership, he said. Chalmers has also promised $54 million to the housing construction sector. This is part of the $33 billion already ...

Coalition urges super funds to push for QAR reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024
... deposit. "Superannuation is an important part of the retirement system, but it's not the entire retirement system. Home ownership is extremely important to deliver better retirement outcomes, and the next step in supporting this ambition for many ...

ACTU slams plans to Americanise the superannuation system

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2024
... "Coalition's dream of dismantling super." In a speech at the University of Sydney on Wednesday, Taylor said a collapse in home ownership has profound implications for Australia's aspirational character and the costs of its retirement system. ...

Super for housing debate heats up

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
... typically too low for withdrawing an amount that would make a material difference to their chances of attaining home ownership. "Moreover, unless you believe that house prices are going to continue rising at a faster rate than superannuation assets ...

Calls for independent oversight on mortgage stress

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
... economist Tim Reardon said. In its submission to the Senate inquiry into the financial regulatory framework and home ownership, HIA identified that a decade of additional costs has restricted competition among banks and made it increasingly expensive ...