{"id":1061027,"date":"2023-05-20T12:18:09","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T12:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newpolitics.com.au\/?p=6021"},"modified":"2023-05-20T12:18:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T12:18:09","slug":"labors-first-year-the-housing-crisis-and-the-fall-of-the-final-liberal-domino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/05\/20\/labors-first-year-the-housing-crisis-and-the-fall-of-the-final-liberal-domino\/","title":{"rendered":"Labor\u2019s first year, the housing crisis and the fall of the final Liberal domino"},"content":{"rendered":"<img width=\"267\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newpolitics.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/albo2023.png?fit=267%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 20px;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newpolitics.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/albo2023.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newpolitics.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/albo2023.png?resize=267%2C150&amp;ssl=1 267w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newpolitics.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/albo2023.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newpolitics.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/albo2023.png?resize=678%2C381&amp;ssl=1 678w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1518029164&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/link.chtbl.com\/e155\" style=\"border-radius:0px\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Listen on other podcast players here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode: we look at the first year of the federal Labor government; what can be done about the many housing issues across Australia?; the latest opinion polls; and the last Liberal government in the village is in a lot of trouble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Labor government has been in office for a year and there are suggestions that it\u2019s the best first year of government since Bob Hawke\u2019s first year between 1983\u201384. When Labor won the election in May 2022, they promised eight key priorities for government, which they\u2019ve made substantial work in \u2013 except for climate change policy \u2013 but being in government isn&#8217;t just all about achieving the promises \u2013 there&#8217;s unexpected issues that have to be dealt with \u2013 inflation issues, cost of living pressures, energy prices \u2013 and these have caused political problems for the government. There\u2019s still far to go with many of these issues, especially on climate change policy and economic reform but it\u2019s been a year that the Labor government would be quite satisfied with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Housing is becoming a big issue in federal politics and the issue is right across the board \u2013 cost of housing, mortgages, rents at a time of the tightest rental market in history. Many people are homeless, and there\u2019s not enough social housing. There have been calls for the federal government to do a lot more than what they\u2019re doing at the moment \u2013 although most of the government\u2019s around Australia are Labor at the moment, each state and territory government has its own housing policies, with different political pressures and vested interests in each of those states and territories. There are many solutions available but defining the problem is the key issue \u2013 housing has been at the whim of governments doing whatever they need to do to get a political advantage out of it and there needs to be an overarching direction coming in from the federal government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were three opinion polls during the week, all showing strong support for both the Prime Minister and the Labor government. While there was polling suggesting disappointment with the budget for not doing as much as it could have, the Labor government has increased its support in opinion polls. But politics can change very quickly: the Rudd government was in a very similar position a year into its term \u2013 55\u201345% in two-party preferred voting \u2013 and at the time, the opposition was in a complete mess under the leadership of Brendan Nelson and then Malcolm Turnbull. But 18 months later, Rudd was gone as prime minister and the Liberal Party almost won the 2010 federal election under Tony Abbott. It\u2019s good times for the Labor government at the moment but those good times won\u2019t last forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s always unexpected problems for any government and the last Liberal government in Australia has lost its majority and it\u2019s now governing in minority, due to two Liberal MPs resigning in protest over a AFL stadium deal in Hobart, due to cost $715 million \u2013 at a time when Tasmania is facing extreme housing shortages and homelessness. The Tasmanian Liberal government seemed to be in a relatively secure place. In the 2021 Tasmania election \u2013 the only election won by the Liberal Party since 2019 \u2013 they received 49% of the vote, to 28% for the Labor Party and 20% to the Tasmania Greens. But they only had a bare majority of one seat \u2013 13 of the 25 seats \u2013 and with the loss of those two Liberal MPs, they\u2019re in minority now. It\u2019s not looking very good for the last Liberal government in Australia. The big lesson for the federal government and the Prime Minister is that a secure government can become very insecure, very quickly and is always just one or two bad decisions from a self-made disaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" id=\"block-3bc44166-3e34-4b1e-bb82-2844b2f93588\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"music-interludes\">Music interludes:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/236pXRMktrs?controls=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-e7c63c06-127e-425e-aaad-51ca8736627b\">Support independent journalism<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newpolitics.com.au\/donate\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newpolitics.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Support-wp-advert.jpg?resize=800%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newpolitics.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Support-wp-advert.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newpolitics.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Support-wp-advert.jpg?resize=300%2C75&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newpolitics.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Support-wp-advert.jpg?resize=768%2C192&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We don\u2019t plead, beseech, beg, guilt-trip, or gaslight you and claim the end of the world of journalism is coming soon. We keep it simple: <strong>If you like our work and would like to support it<\/strong>, send a <strong>donation, from as little as $5<\/strong>. <strong>Or purchase one of our books!<\/strong> It helps to keep our commitment to independent journalism ticking over! Go to our supporter page to see the many ways you can support New Politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/newpolitics.com.au\/donate\/\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">SUPPORT NEW POLITICS!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/newpolitics.com.au\/2023\/05\/20\/labors-first-year-2\/\">Labor\u2019s first year, the housing crisis and the fall of the final Liberal domino<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/newpolitics.com.au\/\">New Politics<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/newpolitics.com.au\/2023\/05\/20\/labors-first-year-2\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=labors-first-year-2\">New Politics<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"267\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newpolitics.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/albo2023.png?fit=267%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<p>In this episode: we look at the first year of the federal Labor government; what can be done about the many housing issues across Australia?; <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newpolitics.com.au\/2023\/05\/20\/labors-first-year-2\/\" title=\"Labor\u2019s first year, the housing crisis and the fall of the final Liberal domino\">[&gt;&gt;&gt;]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/newpolitics.com.au\/2023\/05\/20\/labors-first-year-2\/\">Labor\u2019s first year, the housing crisis and the fall of the final Liberal domino<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/newpolitics.com.au\/\">New Politics<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":555,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1757,59770,269],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061027"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/555"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1061027"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1061028,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061027\/revisions\/1061028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1061027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1061027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1061027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}