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The federal Greens are pressuring the Albanese government to tackle the nation’s rental crisis by freezing rent rises over the next two years, but economists warn it might not be the right approach.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says it is not clear to him how the Greens proposal for a two-year freeze on rents would work without nationalising property.
Big picture policies on how Australia – a country that has historically relied on migration for growth – should proceed out of the pandemic on population issues have been scant.