You are so right Pat. Small businesses are the backbone of our local community. We need them as they need us. I've changed my shopping habits and now shop at an appropriate small business when I can.

The current federal housing policy is great for generating tax. That’s all. No benefit for first home buyers.

Albanese makes it up as he goes.The fact is building approvals and housing loans are decreasing

Pat Conaghan MP it is not easy in the industry at the moment. Rising supply costs and genuine worker availability is not easy. Attempts to streamline approval and submission processes have only made it more difficult.

Well it doesn't, look good for this week's builder he,ll be on albos centrelink payment scheme, count him out for borrowing.

What about that construction company going broke for 3.6 billion ,how's that affect builder's

Ramp up the passion.... get around local businesses and get facts associated with real people and get louder!

We need Australian patriots not seat warmers

What else does he know?

Nothing new here, just another day in the life of a Labour politician

The developers are not doggy I think.

Where did you hear that,p.m.

And do we expect anything else from Sleazy?

If he was honest people would respect him more but that is never going to happen unfortunately

Where are all the affordable houses up here on the Mid North Coast ? There aren't any and dont look like any in the near future . Average home prices up here are approx $800,000 and that's not affordable , especially with all the Developement and over 55 villages popping up .

One Nation Coming For Your Seat .

Can we also fix our MSM? So it goes back to reporting facts, not opinions theyre piad to spew.

How can that be true There is no supply

THE GREAT SYDNEY HOUSE OF CARDS: How to Spin a $3 Billion Collapse into "Market Resilience" SYDNEY — Hold onto your high-vis hats and property portfolios, folks. If you thought the Shield Guardian collapse was a disaster, welcome to the sequel: Bathla Group 2: Private Credit Boogaloo.In a stunning display of corporate deja vu, Sydney’s west is currently processing the news that the Bathla Group—and its web of hundreds of corporate entities—has rolled into voluntary administration. With a casual $3 billion in private credit liabilities and roughly 15,000 homes trapped in the pipeline, thousands of off-the-plan buyers are left wondering if their future living rooms will ever progress past the "muddy hole" stage of development.But don’t worry. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is on the case. Or rather, they were on the case. Fourteen years ago. ASIC’s Time Machine: The 2011 Enforceable UndertakingLet’s take a nostalgic trip down memory lane to 2011.Back then, ASIC bravely stepped in to secure an Enforceable Undertaking (EU) against Bathla’s managing director following an investigation into vendor finance lending. The system worked! A sternly worded agreement was signed, hands were shaken, and the corporate regulator presumably patted itself on the back before entering a decade-long hibernation.Fast forward to today, and the same unchecked engine has been fueling a multi-billion-dollar empire right under the regulator’s nose. It turns out that relying on the honor system in the Sydney property market is about as effective as using a chocolate umbrella in a thunderstorm. While the private credit sector funneled billions into rapid expansions, the watchdog remained safely curled up on its rug The 2 per cent Feasibility ClubMeanwhile, the Housing Industry Association (HIA) NSW Executive Director, Brad Armitage, dropped some stellar news for anyone hoping the government might hit its grand housing targets. According to current data, a whopping 2 per cent of housing projects undergoing feasibility studies in NSW are actually getting approved for financing.Two. Per. Cent.To put that into perspective, you have a statistically higher chance of being struck by lightning while holding a winning lottery ticket than a NSW builder does of getting a bank to approve an affordable housing development. Between soaring land costs, infrastructure taxes, and material inflation, the numbers don’t just fail to add up—they have packed their bags and left the state entirely. Question Time: The Art of the Divert, Deflect, and DenyBack in Canberra, the Prime Minister continues to play his favorite game: Question Time Tetris.The rules are simple:When asked about failing housing promises, divert to a completely unrelated statistic about employment.When confronted with fresh ASIC insolvency data, deflect by blaming the previous government.When reminded that your flagship housing policies are delivering nothing but press releases, simply deny that a crisis exists.As the gap between "housing approvals" and actual bricks-and-mortar completions widens into a canyon, the federal strategy remains firm: keep promising a million new homes, and hope nobody notices that the builders are currently filing for bankruptcy.Hold onto your hats, people. The housing market isn't just failing to deliver—it's putting on a masterclass in alternative facts.

He never will. ... its throw enough shit and some will stick

Facts don’t lie. ALBO CERTAINLY does though.

For albo imports not for ausys

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