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  • Housing Policy in Australia

    A Case for System Reform

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book, extensively revised and updated in its second edition, presents a comprehensive overview of housing policy in Australia over the last quarter century. At a time of widespread concern about declining housing system performance, it investigates the many dimensions of housing affordability and housing wealth inequality, together with government actions affecting these outcomes.The authors ... Read more

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  • The Private Rental Sector in Australia

    Living with Uncertainty

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book explores the decline and growth of the private rental sector in Australia delving into the changing dynamics of landlord investment and tenant profile over the course of the twentieth century and into the present period. It explains why over one in four Australian households are now private renters and investigates the contemporary legal and regulatory frameworks governing the sector. ... Read more

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  • Housing Policy in Australia

    A Case for System Reform

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book, the first comprehensive overview of housing policy in Australia in 25 years, investigates the many dimensions of housing affordability and government actions that affect affordability outcomes. It analyses the causes and implications of declining home ownership, rising rates of rental stress and the neglect of social housing, as well as the housing situation of Indigenous Australians. ... Read more

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    This book illustrates essential microeconomic concepts and theories through the examination of related policy formulation in Australia since the 1980s. It provides a fresh approach to the subject of microeconomics from the perspective of both market and government failures.By looking at how Australia has transformed over the course of time, the book traces and tracks these changes and relates them ... Read more

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