A Torres Strait Islands cost-of-living summit looking at how to ease soaring basic food prices, particularly on outer islands, will be held on March 20.
The downturn in housing prices appears to be easing but experts say it's too soon to say if it's bottoming out or has further to fall.
Queensland wants to allow community title schemes to be wound up with the nod of 75 per cent of owners, and to let bodies corporate ban smoking, but not pets.
As some tenants are hit with 35 per cent rent increases to hold onto their home, experts say the affordability crisis will worsen.
A $10 billion social and affordable housing plan promised by Labor will need Greens support to pass parliament and the minor party wants changes.
Queensland housing advocates are calling for the state government to limit the number and size of rent rises allowed each year to protect tenants.
The Queensland government is calling for more private and social sector proposals for affordable homes with the offer of grants from a $130 million pool.
The NSW Greens say the rental market leaves millions of people feeling like second class citizens and an independent body is needed to fix the sector.
A Victorian council has introduced an annual fee for short-term rental operators and says the sector is not a priority for state and federal government.
University lodgings in Brisbane will be converted into emergency accommodation amid reports of weekly rent increases as high as $325 a week.
Traditional owners in the Torres Strait Islands are being forced to leave their archipelago homes amid the soaring cost of living and lack of housing.
Extensive flood devastation in Australia and New Zealand is calling into question the design of cities that should keep millions of residents out of harm's way.
The property downturn is hitting capital cities harder than regions, suggesting higher demand has become permanent for regional markets.
The Queensland government has been accused of failing to plan for a growing population as its social housing spend per person is the lowest in the country.
Labor's planned restructuring of the NSW social housing system is an exercise in bureaucracy instead of building more homes, Premier Dominic Perrottet says.
Federal laws are in the works as more Aussies slide into housing stress and homelessness, but critics are urging immediate measures as rents and mortgages rise.
More than 130 home owners in flood-prone areas of Queensland have accepted government offers to buy back their properties but dozens have not taken up the deal.
Unless you live in Perth, middle income earners fall well short of the borrowing power needed to buy a standard house.
Thousands of Queensland households are spending more than a third of their income on rent and are unable to meet basic living standards, a new report suggests.
Housing affordability has taken a hit from rising mortgage rates and spiralling inflation, bringing an end to the property boom, but buyers are more prepared.
Funding to help renters stay in their homes, support for emergency accommodation and cost-of-living relief form the response to a major Queensland summit.
The latest Rental Affordability Index shows more regional households are facing stress and key workers cannot find homes, in NSW, Queensland, Tasmania and WA.
Labor should have another look at contentious housing-linked reforms it unsuccessfully took to the 2019 election, independent MP Andrew Wilkie says.
New research has confirmed what many tenants across the country already know - rents are soaring and rising faster than household incomes.
New laws encouraging pensioners and welfare recipients to downsize their homes and free up stock for younger families have been passed by parliament.
Demand for workers is attracting people from Australia's cities to its regions, but housing shortages threaten to stifle the country's growth potential.
A Queensland police probe of bone fragments found near the former Deebing Creek Aboriginal Mission has found they are "not human", the government says.
First home buyers in Victoria and Queensland could enter the market sooner by looking over the border after NSW introduced significant property tax changes.
REA Group's chief says the company behind Australia's biggest property website wouldn't pay a cyber attacker's ransom as it only encouraged more hacks.
Ipswich Council in Queensland has rejected a development near a former Aboriginal mission on cultural grounds, amid protests against another development nearby.
Northern NSW residents impacted by floods say they were not adequately consulted over the newly announced $520 million buyback package for homes.
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