Published as slightly edited online under the heading ‘Big government can’t end loneliness blight’ in the Australian Financial Review 0n 2 August 2026, https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/health-and-wellness/big-government-can-t-end-loneliness-blight-20260802-p60kmd, and in print on
They do not get enough credit, the NSW Productivity Commission people. Their recent ‘Review of Housing Supply Challenges and Policy Options’ report sheds light on the importance of maintaining a pro-housing regulatory environment.
Mental illness, depression, loneliness is with us. Mostly buried away in silence.
Q&A for the July/August 2020 Special Australia Section of the Institutional Real Estate Asia Pacific (IREAP) journal. Written in late May 2020 in the expectation that excerpts would be published.
Q&A for the Institutional Real Estate Asia Pacific (IREAP) journal. Written in December 2018 for an article published in May 2019. In the end, excerpts were published.
We will rue the day narrow-minded State and Federal governments decided to squeeze the life out of residential real estate investment through steep new taxes and red-tape on foreigners in Australia.
The announcement last Wednesday, February 25th, by the Prime Minister to impose a Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) tax on foreign purchasers of property and agriculture makes another interest rate cut more than likely.
The Australian economy is one of the strongest in the world, representing 2.52% of the global economy, with close to 25 consecutive years of economic growth.