14/07/2025 21:49
The Guardian
Home affairs minister says antisemitism envoy is not responsible for giving money to Advance; murder investigation under way after discovery in Balcatta. Follow today’s live newsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJames Paterson says housing targets need to be ‘realistic’, not ‘delusional’James Paterson, the shadow minister for finance, said housing targets needed to be “realistic” and “not delusional” after the Treasury warned the federal Labor government its policies were not ambitious enough to meet a promise to build 1.2m new homes by 2030. Patterson spoke to RN Breakfast, a day after the government accidentally shared details of the advice with the ABC under freedom of information rules.It’s certainly a good thing to have targets and it is a good thing to be ambitious, but the ambition has to be realistic and achievable and not delusional and I think we’re now getting into that level of delusion because a target of 1.2m homes by 2029 would require the government to be building about 250,000 homes a year when only about 170,000 are being constructed. Continue reading...
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