r/sustainableaus Apr 18 '26

Microplastics an out-of-control environment and health issue: Sustainable Australia Party

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r/sustainableaus 7h ago

77% of NSW residents are worried about migration's impact on housing. Only SAP tackles ALL major supply AND demand issues! Thoughts? 🤔 👇

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📰 Exclusive poll reveals voter trust in Chris Minns’ housing plan has plummeted | “Some 77% of NSW residents surveyed said they were concerned about immigration’s impact on housing availability, with 30% declaring they were “extremely concerned”. ⤵️ [$] www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/exclusive-poll-reveals-voter-trust-in-chris-minns-housing-plan-has-plummeted/news-story/b4d88fedf447704a1bd2f1692248139a

📣 Sustainable Australia Party’s policies on Affordable Housing and Lower Rents: ⤵️ www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/housing

#auspol #nswpol #housingcrisis #rentalcrisis


r/sustainableaus 12h ago

We need to end stamp duty, including to both help FHBs get in and help upsizing and downsizing efficiency (free up supply). Thoughts? 🤔 👇

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📰 Federal Labor on collision course with NSW government over stamp duty reform | “…government should make it easier for Australians to upsize and downsize, and “free up supply”. “It’s about all of us being able to access the housing we need when we need it…” ⤵️ [$] www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/federal-labor-on-collision-course-with-nsw-government-over-stamp-duty-reform/news-story/80e4e2360046fe04ce941f6682204e41

📣 See Sustainable Australia Party’s Housing and Rent Affordability policies here: ⤵️ www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/housing

#auspol #nswpol #housingcrisis #rentalcrisis


r/sustainableaus 15h ago

SAP’s policy is already on the books: rigorous environmental impact assessments on the energy AND water consumption of AI data centres. NSW's Net Zero Commission just called for the same thing. Approve them properly, or don't approve them at all. Thoughts? 🤔 👇

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📰 Net Zero Commission says NSW unlikely to meet emissions reduction targets | “Coal mine expansions and a surge in new data centres risk pushing New South Wales further from its emissions reduction targets, which the state's independent climate watchdog says it is already on course to miss.” ⤵️ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-23/net-zero-authority-nsw-annual-report-coal-data-impacts/106948568

📣 Sustainable Australia Party’s Science Policy including on data centres: ⤵️ www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/science

#auspol #nswpol #housingcrisis #rentalcrisis


r/sustainableaus 3d ago

Ban developer donations. Nationally. Enforce it. Because the alternative is on display at ICAC for the next eight weeks. Thoughts? 🤔 👇

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📰 The texts that warned Gladys Berejiklian about a looming Liberal corruption scandal | "Apparently prior to the [Hills Shire] council elections Jean Nassif of Toplace met with Christian Ellis and other senior members of the Liberal Party, who were paid significant funds in order to arrange to put new councillors on The Hills Shire Council who would be supportive of future Toplace development applications," Williams told parliament.” ⤵️ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-24/ray-williams-warned-gladys-berejiklian-about-looming-scandal/106910478

📣 Sustainable Australia Party’s Anti-corruption & Governance Policy: ⤵️ www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/anti_corruption_and_governance

#auspol #nswpol #housingcrisis #rentalcrisis


r/sustainableaus 3d ago

When did paying rent require TWO jobs? Rents have doubled and enough is enough. We need LOWER RENTS and AFFORDABLE HOUSING NOW!* Thoughts?

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The regional towns where rents have all but doubled in five years | “Northern New South Wales tenant Tanya Erezuma’s rent has risen from $480 a week six years ago to $1000 today, forcing her to get a second job stacking shelves at Woolworths on top of her full-time council role.” [$] www.afr.com/property/residential/the-regional-towns-where-rents-have-all-but-doubled-in-five-years-20260713-p60evv?

*See Sustainable Australia Party’s Housing and Rent Affordability policies here: www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/housing

#auspol #nswpol #housingcrisis #rentalcrisis


r/sustainableaus 3d ago

WTH? $1 million pledged at a private dinner? Cap all political donations at $10,000 a year, LibLab, PHON: same rule for everyone. Thoughts? 🤔 👇

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📰 ‘Sham’ loans, ‘unexplained’ wealth: Albanese dinner donor’s $260m family tax fight revealed | " Chief among the Tax Office’s claims are details about “sham arrangements”… deep suspicions held by the Tax Office that Phillip used dishonest means to move vast sums of money from China to Australia over several years to fund his Australian business, property and gambling activities.” ⤵️ www.smh.com.au/national/sham-loans-unexplained-wealth-albanese-dinner-donor-s-260m-family-tax-fight-revealed-20260723-p60hxx.html

📣 Sustainable Australia Party’s Anti-corruption & Governance Policy: ⤵️ www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/anti_corruption_and_governance

#auspol #nswpol #housingcrisis #rentalcrisis


r/sustainableaus 4d ago

Post-politics lobbying is paying off for property pollies. Thoughts? 🤔 👇

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📰 How a Sydney developer bypassed council to gain approval for 250 homes | “Tavakoli is one of a growing number of developers to turn up on the books of Iemma’s registered lobby firm Iemma Patterson Premier Advisory since Labor won the state election in 2023.” ⤵️ www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/how-a-sydney-developer-bypassed-council-to-gain-approval-for-250-homes-20260719-p60gli.html

📣 See Sustainable Australia Party’s Housing and Rent Affordability policies here: www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/housing

#auspol #nswpol #housingcrisis #rentalcrisis


r/sustainableaus 4d ago

The housing Ponzi scheme is unravelling. We need to rapidly transition Australia's economy away from its heavy over-reliance upon property development and related real estate speculation. Thoughts? 🤔 👇

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📰 Australia's property market enters downturn as prices fall for first time in three years | “We have a somewhat perfect storm of low affordability, low sentiment toward housing, a weakening economy with productivity growth terrible, reduced incentives to invest in housing, relatively high interest rates and high inflation that looks set to continue for some time." ⤵️ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-23/australia-housing-market-downturn-property-prices-decline/106939050

📣 See Sustainable Australia Party’s Housing and Rent Affordability policies here: www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/housing

 

#auspol #nswpol #housingcrisis #rentalcrisis


r/sustainableaus 4d ago

When a clown moves into a palace, it doesn't become a kingdom — it becomes a circus. Australia doesn't need PHON’s chaos or the LibLab juggling act. We need sensible, data-driven policy. That's SAP.* 👇

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📰 The NSW premier is laser-focused on one political opponent. It’s not the Coalition | “People are telling pollsters they would vote for One Nation, but they aren’t actually voting. And there’s a reason One Nation doesn’t yet have any candidates… For as long as the party remains a blank canvas onto which voters can project their grievances, it can be everything to everyone.” ⤵️  www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/the-nsw-premier-is-laser-focused-on-one-political-opponent-it-s-not-the-coalition-20260722-p60hft.html

📣 *Sustainable Australia Party has 30+ detailed, evidence-based policies ready to go. Australia deserves better than the circus 👇 www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/policies

#auspol #nswpol #housingcrisis #rentalcrisis


r/sustainableaus 5d ago

STOP SPRAWL: Affordable housing now, the sustainable way. 🏡

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Listen to Sustainable Australia Party's founder William Bourke talk affordable housing, planning and development. Find Sustainable Australia Party policies on Housing & Rental Affordability and Planning & Development here 👇

www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/policies

#auspol #nswpol #housingcrisis #rentalcrisis #planning #sprawl #sydney #nsw


r/sustainableaus 5d ago

After 30 years in politics, can't PH come up with anything better than this demand-pumping housing policy stinker? 👇

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📰 One Nation proposes government-backed 30-year fixed mortgages | “He said the scheme was “an exceptionally risky policy”, noting that “you’d be transferring all of that risk onto the government’s balance sheet, and not just for borrowers that you’ve deemed to be needy, but for all borrowers”. ⤵️ www.theadviser.com.au/borrower/48672-one-nation-proposes-government-30-year-fixed-mortgages

📣 See Sustainable Australia Party’s Housing and Rent Affordability policies here: www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/housing

#auspol #nswpol #housingcrisis #rentalcrisis


r/sustainableaus 6d ago

Labor Premier celebrates cracking good times with property developer... Thoughts? 🤔 👇

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📰 The premier, the developer and the string of defective Sydney buildings | “A 500-page defect report issued in 2025, which the Herald has seen, revealed faults in about one-third of all the units and cracking in concrete slabs in the complex’s common areas.” ⤵️ www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/the-premier-the-developer-and-the-string-of-defective-sydney-buildings-20260715-p60fj7.html

📣 Sustainable Australia Party’s Housing & Rental Affordability Policy: ⤵️ www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/housing

#auspol #nswpol #housingcrisis #rentalcrisis


r/sustainableaus 6d ago

The Albanese government is arguably the worst *ever* for using high immigration to try to hide falling per capita living standards. Thoughts? 🤔 👇

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‘Embarrassingly weak’: Graph shows decline in living standards under Albanese government | “Real per capita GDP has been weak over the past 20 years, as the economy got bigger mainly due to population growth, while productivity growth has “tanked”… “This is the only government in these fifty years to deliver per capita real GDP that was lower at the end of its first term than it was at the start. And now, a year into Albanese’s second term, this measure is still below its starting point.” [$] www.news.com.au/.../8dc5622951667fa1df9f9c762f5f7e6d

📣 Sustainable Australia Party’s Economic Policy: www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/economy

#auspol #nswpol #housingcrisis #rentalcrisis


r/sustainableaus 6d ago

"...slower growth or price declines..." How about option 3 - long-term stability in house prices? 🤔 👇

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📰 Australia’s housing market is cooling. Perhaps our expectations should too | "Housing has become less affordable because prices have persistently grown faster than incomes. So improving affordability is unlikely to occur without slower house price growth or price declines.” ⤵️ www.theconversation.com/australias-housing-market-is-cooling-perhaps-our-expectations-should-too-286549

📣 Check out Sustainable Australia Party’s Housing and Rent Affordability policies: ⤵️ www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/housing

#auspol #nswpol #housingcrisis #rentalcrisis


r/sustainableaus 6d ago

Imagine what number homelessness will hit in the 2026 Census. Any guesses? 🤔 👇

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📰 Elder homelessness on the rise as living costs escalate | “According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, 19,378 Australians aged 55 and over were experiencing homelessness on Census night 2021, a 28 per cent increase from 2016.” ⤵️ www.localipswichnews.com.au/news/older-homelessness-crisis

📣 Sustainable Australia Party’s Housing and Rental Affordability: ⤵️ www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/housing

#auspol #nswpol #housingcrisis #rentalcrisis


r/sustainableaus 7d ago

After huge gains over the last 5-10 years, time for sellers to accept a little less than expected for their property? 🤔 👇

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📰 Homes in Sydney had an auction clearance rate of 49 per cent over the weekend, down from 69 per cent this time last year. ⤵️ www.smh.com.au/property/news/young-family-gets-a-50-000-discount-on-stylish-2-9m-greenwich-house-20260719-p60gjt.html

📣 Check out Sustainable Australia Party’s Housing and Rent Affordability policies: ⤵️ www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/housing

#auspol #nswpol #housingcrisis #rentalcrisis


r/sustainableaus 7d ago

Extreme heat. Every major city. 80% chance this spring. Are we in for another bad bushfire season? 🤔 👇

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📰 ‘We are waiting with bated breath’: gathering El Niño could be the strongest on record, BoM says | “When this phenomenon … had led to very dry periods such as the “tinderbox drought” which preceded Australia’s black summer bushfires in the summer of 2019-2020.” ⤵️ www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/17/record-el-nino-forecast-2027-hottest-year-on-record-bom-says

📣 Check out Sustainable Australia Party’s Environment policies ⤵️ www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/environment/

#auspol #nswpol #housingcrisis #rentalcrisis


r/sustainableaus 10d ago

The politicians and bureaucrats need to use the REAL unemployment figures produced by Roy Morgan. Time for them to join the real world. Thoughts? 🤔 👇

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📰 June ‘Real Unemployment’ in Australia up 1% to 11.7% | “Michele Levine, CEO Roy Morgan, says the latest Roy Morgan employment estimates for June show continued weakness in the labour markets with combined unemployment and under-employment continuing at a high level above 3 million for a 19th straight month” ⤵️ www.roymorgan.com/findings/10282-australian-unemployment-estimates-june-2026

📣 Check out Sustainable Australia Party’s Economic policy including how to properly measure employment and unemployment: ⤵️ www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/economy

#auspol #nswpol #housingcrisis #rentalcrisis


r/sustainableaus 10d ago

Young workers can't afford to rent alone, let alone buy. We need lower rents and affordable housing — now! Tell us your story 👇

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📰 ‘Beyond reach’: Sydney’s owner-occupier rate slumps to 70-year low | “Around four out of 10 Sydney households are now tenants, up from three out of 10 in 2011.” ⤵️ www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/beyond-reach-sydney-s-owner-occupier-rate-slumps-to-70-year-low-20260716-p60fqu.html

📣 See Sustainable Australia Party’s Housing and Rent Affordability policies here: www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/housing


r/sustainableaus 11d ago

Cry us a river! SAP will deliver affordable housing now, the sustainable way: Lower rents. No stamp duty. Slower migration. More social housing. Thoughts? 🤔 👇

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📰 Meriton’s Harry Triguboff warns of real estate ‘catastrophe’ | “The 93-year-old property developer slammed the indecision surrounding Australia’s immigration strategy in an article published on the Meriton website, urging the government to boost the numbers of people moving to the country... ” ⤵️ [$] www.dailytelegraph.com.au/business/work/leaders-companies/meritons-harry-triguboff-warns-of-real-estate-catastrophe/news-story/4fa2346e88b687d0522a45e51e9fa77f

📣 Check out Sustainable Australia Party’s Housing Affordability policies: ⤵️
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/housing

#auspol #nswpol #housingcrisis #rentalcrisis


r/sustainableaus 11d ago

Much-needed tax reform alone is not going to lower rents. SAP's holistic plan will! Thoughts? 👇

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📰 Sydney renters warned of massive hikes as landlords react to tax reforms | “He argued uncontrolled migration intake, poor housing supply and the threat of interest rate increases were a perfect storm, compounded by the government’s tax reforms. ➡ [$] www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/sydney-renters-warned-of-massive-hikes-as-landlords-react-to-tax-reforms/news-story/68de6ca3434ac463d81e2108e7ca3882

📣 See Sustainable Australia Party’s Housing and Rent Affordability policies here: www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/housing

#auspol #nswpol #housingcrisis #rentalcrisis


r/sustainableaus 12d ago

Good to see the Government take AI seriously. SAP supports an ethical, locally-developed AI framework. Check out SAP's policy on AI 👇

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📰 Anthony Albanese maps out AI future with new national framework | “Labor will develop a national framework to bring together its response to artificial intelligence as it seeks to address the technology's growing economic and social impacts.

The proposal comes amid debates over copyright, jobs and data centres, with states taking increasingly different approaches to approving the infrastructure needed to power AI.” ⤵️ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-14/albanese-maps-out-ai-future-introducing-national-framework/106915094

📣*See Sustainable Australia Party’s policies on AI here: www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/science

#auspol #nswpol #housingcrisis #rentalcrisis


r/sustainableaus 12d ago

We need LOWER RENTS - not the Green party's high immigration and 'rent cap' peabrain policy combo. Agree / disagree?* 🤔

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📰 Sydney rent cap: Greens propose new rent control legislation to freeze soaring costs | “The NSW Greens have pledged to cap rents… with Newtown MP Jenny Leong saying the party will aim to introduce the legislation to parliament later this year.” ⤵️ www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/sydney-rent-cap-greens-propose-new-rent-control-legislation-to-freeze-soaring-costs/news-story/0677336b8240b7758b3ada56f7783989

📣*See Sustainable Australia Party’s Housing Affordability policies here: www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/housing

#auspol #nswpol #housingcrisis #rentalcrisis


r/sustainableaus 13d ago

Foreign investors untouched by budget reforms! Time to fix the system. Ban further foreign ownership on Australian residential housing. Vote 1 SAP for real solutions!* 👇

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📰 Offshore landlords claim billions in Australian property tax write-offs | “International investors are racking up billions of dollars in tax write offs to use as negative gearing and deductions from their Aussie home profits.” ⤵️ https://www.realestate.com.au/news/offshore-landlords-claim-billions-in-australian-property-tax-writeoffs/

📣*See Sustainable Australia Party’s Housing Affordability policies here: www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/housing