The gender pay gap is leaving women with fewer properties and shares than men, says a survey indicating more than four in ten women have no such assets at all.
A state-backed plan aims to create new units essential workers can afford to live in, but officials are yet to reveal how much cheaper the rent will be.
Housing will remain a key policy battlefield at the election with prices expected to continue increasing and efforts to boost supply lagging behind targets.
Investors might start looking outside of the property market where most of Australia's wealth is held, as returns for another sector outstrip housing.
People who own property might be able to make more than $30,000 a year, if the market is good, simply by holding onto their asset for about nine years.
An unseen, pervasive natural disaster is expected to have a growing impact in coming decades, costing billions of dollars each year.
Federal leaders should be vying to fix the nation's housing crisis with the offer of "real money" as voters prepare to go to the polls, according to NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey.
Buyers will be required to formally acknowledge they are purchasing property in an entertainment zone when snapping up real estate within the precincts.
Rental reforms planned for Sydney have market transparency, more options to pay, and fairer pet restrictions on the agenda.
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