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[V @littlemykonos]

lol this guy thinks that speed cameras are because the government cares

[Shane Wright @swrighteconomy]

House values fall by 0.4% in a month. End of days, fears of negative equity. But when prices fell by 15-19% pre-covid, not a worry on any count. We are doing untold financial and social damage with high house prices, but Labor won't own lower prices .. https://t.co/hZuA5lR0Hd

[BWM @bwm_notes]

@diggerdeegs @AvidCommentator If it's more affordable housing for my kids one day and/or saves their families from high-rise hell I'm all for it.

[Tarric Brooker aka Avid Commentator 🇦🇺 @AvidCommentator]

When asked what they thought "would be best for Australia overall", 49% of respondents to YouGov said falling housing prices would be best over the next 2 years.

This was the most popular view among voters for all parties.

Source: YouGov poll via Sky News

[Cameron Murray @DrCameronMurray]

A great example of how most housing reporting is fake.

Look at that headline. $1 million to build a home in Sydney. Outrageous!

But let's dig in and see what we actually learn about the price of housing construction

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https://t.co/94JSBzK1Cm

[BWM @bwm_notes]

@DrCameronMurray Plenty of poor people in Saudi Arabia - 13.6% apparently. They're unlikely to have air conditioning at home.

[Tarric Brooker aka Avid Commentator 🇦🇺 @AvidCommentator]

Since some people have missed the point on this one.

The reason I shared this image with the tweet below was the attitude taken, that housing values are a "nest egg".

It should be shelter first and foremost, not a million dollar investment.

[Tarric Brooker aka Avid Commentator 🇦🇺 @AvidCommentator]

The "Labor has allowed me to afford a house with the budget" narratives are just as silly as the "Labor has crashed the housing market" ones.

Capital city housing prices are down ~1%, nationally less than that.

It hasn't dramatically changed prices yet.

[BWM @bwm_notes]

@AvidCommentator It's not misinformation - it's promotional information. Their social and new media productions have been outstanding.

They may not explain the whole jump, but it has helped.

[BWM @bwm_notes]

Dying of divorces is bad enough in itself really.

[Tarric Brooker aka Avid Commentator 🇦🇺 @AvidCommentator]

In exchange for Greens support to pass the negative gearing and capital gains tax changes, Labor agreed to end borrowing for self managed super funds to buy homes.
https://t.co/9o2MhiQKZA

[Tarric Brooker aka Avid Commentator 🇦🇺 @AvidCommentator]

Starmer's failure is a symptom of one of the major problems, incrementalism.

Unless painful but necessary choices are made, the bond market will eventually see us end up right back here in a few years.

Incrementalism in the face of major challenges is not unique to Britain.

[BWM @bwm_notes]

Unloved Starmer quits as UK PM after just two years - https://t.co/gwedaJ6cOZ

[Tarric Brooker aka Avid Commentator 🇦🇺 @AvidCommentator]

Full results by demographic on whether Australians want lower property prices.

As well as the full text of the question in the poll.

Source: https://t.co/NNIk9KTEzd

[Tarric Brooker aka Avid Commentator 🇦🇺 @AvidCommentator]

At the heart of the debate surrounding the right level of migration to Australia there is one quantifiable and inescapable fact.

After ~20 years of running one of the largest per capita intakes in the developed world, we still allegedly have broad based skills shortages.

[Tarric Brooker aka Avid Commentator 🇦🇺 @AvidCommentator]

I think the issue needs to be framed as:

Do you want high housing prices or do you want broad based prosperity...

Because the data of the last 25 years suggests you cant have both.

[Tarric Brooker aka Avid Commentator 🇦🇺 @AvidCommentator]

In the June quarter of 1972 Australia completed more free standing houses than it did in the December quarter of 2025, 53 years ago.

And the desire for freestanding homes remains, which means the more the population increases, the more someone has to miss out.

[BWM @bwm_notes]

@endozduopoly It's unwillingness. There are far too few undergraduate entry places available for medicine due to quotas and politics for a start. Hospitals don't get enough resources for training and resort to already trained (hopefully) staff from overseas.

[Tarric Brooker aka Avid Commentator 🇦🇺 @AvidCommentator]

The biggest threat to One Nation's fortunes at this stage arguably come from within.

The government needs time to make quantifiable changes and at this stage they lack the inclination to do so.

Meanwhile, Pauline Hanson and Malcolm Roberts have both made comments that are out of step with the majority of Australians on issues like govt paid maternity leave and abortion.

Hanson's broader commentary on paid maternity leave has rested upon a message that could be summed up as "We didnt get it, why should you."

Its all very meme Boomer based on the vibe of thing, not the reality of household budgets and housing costs in 2026.

In years gone by few would have cared what Hanson's view was on this or any number of other traditionally more minor issues, it would very briefly make the fringes of news coverage then be gone.

But with One Nation leading in the polls basing unpopular policy choices on the vibe of the thing or ideological views that Australians do not share, it gives Labor an opening to hit back heavily with One Nation's own commentary.

Ultimately at this stage One Nation have the potential to be their own worst enemy, which is no different to Reform or the GOP in recent times.

[katy 🌸 @KatyKray73]

People are mocking Pauline Hanson’s speaking style and how she articulates her sentences.

Never forget: Our PM once lifted an entire chunk of a speech straight from The American President, the Michael Douglas movie.

He’s not a serious leader. He’s a joke.