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55,000 extra social housing homes are being built. But a new study shows that boom still falls short

  • Written by: Hal Pawson, Emeritus Professor of Housing, UNSW Sydney

Thanks to an unprecedented lift in public funding in the 2020s, an extra 55,000 new, good quality homes around Australia will be available to people on the lowest incomes by 2030. That’s almost triple the increase of 20,000 homes in the previous decade.

Residents in these modern “social” homes will generally pay only 25% of their...

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Permanent $20,000 Instant Asset Write-Off Gives Small Businesses Greater Planning Certainty

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Selling a Small Business in Australia: Understanding the Capital Gains Tax Concessions

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