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Shadow minister says Liberal party’s future depends on strong housing policy
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shadow housing minister Andrew BraggHe will stake the Liberal future on adopting a strong housing policy and will sound the alarm at a centre-right event this afternoon.
Bragg, one of the party’s leading moderates, will speak at a Center for Independent Studies event in Sydney, warning that depopulation in former Liberal inner-city strongholds will cost the party even more votes in next elections.
In a broad speech on housing policy ideas that have yet to be formally adopted by the opposition, Bragg will argue that zoning expansion (rezoning areas for taller buildings) and light density (increased density in single-detached neighborhoods) could increase housing supply and construction efficiency in the short term.
The shadow housing secretary will say:
Simply put, we need more buildings. It doesn’t matter what they are. We need to build like crazy. We must think outside the box; Any backyard could potentially host a new house or granny flat if the owner wanted it.
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Member of NSW national parks firefighting team dies
premier of nsw Chris Minns He said a member of the national parks’ fire brigade died in the state’s fires.
“This is a stark reminder of how difficult and dangerous this job is, and how the people who risk their lives to protect life and property have done an incredible job for us in this state,” Minns said, noting that a man was likely killed by a tree.
Minns told ABC News Breakfast: “It’s an extremely sad turn of events and it’s a sad day for New South Wales this morning.
Nearly 700 firefighters across NSW are working to contain the fires today, nine of which are out of control.
With the summer season just days away, Minns said it was “a pretty inauspicious start to the start of the bushfire season.”
Report finds many Australians with psychosocial disabilities fall through the support gap
Sarah Basford Channels
More than 130,000 Australians with psychosocial disabilities are unable to receive either NDIS or health system care, missing the support gap, a new report finds Grattan Institute He found it.
The report, published on Sunday night, said the NDIS provided nearly $6 billion to support nearly 66,000 people with psychosocial disabilities last year, but more than 130,000 received nothing from either the disability insurance scheme or the mental health system.
The institute’s disability program director, Sam BennettHe said a new national program should be set up outside the NDIS, but the plan should use existing contributions to close the gap without increasing funding pressures.
Bennett said:
Rebalancing the system so that stronger recovery supports are available within and outside the NDIS will transform the lives of Australians with psychosocial disabilities and enable better use of existing funding.
Shadow minister says Liberal party’s future depends on strong housing policy
Sarah Basford Channels
shadow housing minister Andrew BraggHe will stake the Liberal future on adopting a strong housing policy and will sound the alarm at a centre-right event this afternoon.
Bragg, one of the party’s leading moderates, will speak at a Center for Independent Studies event in Sydney, warning that depopulation in former Liberal inner-city strongholds will cost the party even more votes in next elections.
In a broad speech on housing policy ideas that have yet to be formally adopted by the opposition, Bragg will argue that zoning expansion (rezoning areas for taller buildings) and light density (increased density in single-detached neighborhoods) could increase housing supply and construction efficiency in the short term.
The shadow housing secretary will say:
Simply put, we need more buildings. It doesn’t matter what they are. We need to build like crazy. We must think outside the box; Any backyard could potentially host a new house or granny flat if the owner wanted it.
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Andrew BraggThe shadow housing minister will give a speech later today to pin the Liberal party’s future on a strong housing policy. In a speech at the Center for Independent Studies, he will argue that zoning upgrading and light density can increase housing supply and construction efficiency.
Dozens of homes were destroyed in New South Wales and Tasmania this weekend as bushfires sparked by hot, dry and windy conditions. 60 fires are still burning across NSW and 11 in Tasmania.
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