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Regional housing crisis '25 years in the making'
Key takeaways
- With so many houses being used as short stay, Lara Howell says policy change can't come soon enough.
- Tired of city life, or priced out of the capitals, many Australians took their lead from country singer John Williamson and looked to the regions to find their home among the gum trees.
- So how did this happen, and could the upcoming budget fix the regional housing crisis?
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With so many houses being used as short stay, Lara Howell says policy change can't come soon enough. (ABC News: Georgia Loney)
Link copied Share Share article Owning your own patch of Australia, preferably with a quarter-acre block and a Hills hoist in the back, was the great Aussie dream.
Tired of city life, or priced out of the capitals, many Australians took their lead from country singer John Williamson and looked to the regions to find their home among the gum trees.
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