William Bourke from Sustainable Australia Party on Western Sydney University's plan to sell 100 hectares of public land within Penrith City Council. It’s on the critically endangered Cumberland Plain Woodlands, home to over 100 kangaroos and native flora and fauna found almost nowhere else.

SAP is the only party tackling both the supply AND demand side of the housing crisis — i.e. sustainably.

Would you rather see this land protected? Let us know in the comments.

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Authorised by William Bourke for Sustainable Australia Party, Sydney.

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📰 Australia’s trend towards housing unaffordability is particularly pronounced by international standards. This is reflected in increased home and rental prices, reduced homeownership rates and increased property-ownership concentration. This situation creates a greater divide in the economic interests of renters and homeowners, potentially shifting (or entrenching) party preferences. ⤵️ www.sbs.com.au/news/article/a-growing-constituency-reshaping-australian-politics-renters/vtdybnzjr

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📰 These jobs used to be carried out by humans, but automation has allowed the Avocado Collective in Manjimup, 300 kilometres south of Perth, to halve its casual workforce while doubling its production capacity… "We've taken them from forklift drivers to robotic technicians; we actually upped their game," he said. ⤵️ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-23/avocado-packing-shed-manjimup-robotic-upgrade/107059672

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📰 Studies have shown changes in farm management practices have improved water quality in catchments flowing into the Great Barrier Reef.

Researchers say it is the largest and most comprehensive analysis of its kind undertaken, drawing on 100 years of data. ⤵️ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-27/reduced-fertiliser-use-improving-water-quality-reef-catchments/107078816

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📰 Simon Kuestenmacher is a co-founder of The Demographics Group [along with Bernard Salt]. His columns, media commentary and public speaking focus on socio-demographic trends and how these impact Australia. His podcast, Demographics Decoded, explores the world through the demographic lens. Follow Simon on Twitter (X), Facebook, or LinkedIn. ⤵️ www.indailyqld.com.au/news/in-depth/2026/08/17/stats-guy-aus-population-growth

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📰 Former Tennis Australia boss Craig Tiley bought a luxury Melbourne home for $13.1 million, and now he’s selling it with a price guide of $8.75 million.⤵️ www.theage.com.au/property/news/craig-tiley-set-to-lose-4m-on-sale-of-luxurious-melbourne-house-20260826-p60rvi.html

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📰 Bragg confirmed new homes built under his proposed Basic Australian Standard would not have mandatory energy-efficiency standards… Putting families into homes that are hypothetically cheaper to build but definitively more expensive to run is a false economy, especially when retrofitting a poorly built home is more costly than just building it right the first time. ⤵️ http://www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2026/08/28/bragg-housing-standards

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A 2024 Australian National Audit Office report found Home Affairs’ regulation of migration agents was not effective, with inadequate monitoring and failures to take timely action on complaints.

The audit found the department had failed to properly investigate an agent suspected of involvement in sex trafficking after being alerted by Australian Border Force. ⤵️ www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/fake-agents-migration-operators-stripped-of-credentials-in-crackdown-20260818-p60pdw.html?

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🚨 The article is behind a paywall, but the headline says a lot.

While we also disagree with David Farley's claim he has "competent" immigration policies, we a) doubt he could make PH competent, and b) repeat that there are three things in life: Death, taxes and PHON implosions. 💣

Cam and William visited Custom Denning in St Marys, Western Sydney - an Australian bus manufacturer with a proud history dating back to 1955. They’re building electric buses from the ground up, supporting skilled local jobs and showing what Australian manufacturing can do. Governments should back local industry, invest in EV charging infrastructure, and support more Australian-made buses on our roads – not throw them under a bus!

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📰 In its simplest form, private credit is any lending outside the formal banking system, or funding provided by non-bank financial intermediaries…

"In Australia, I don't think there is a massive worry about it," Ms Bullock told the ABC. ⤵️ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-27/asic-warns-first-significant-cracks-in-australian-private-credit/107081904

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*While private lenders rarely issue standard home mortgages directly to everyday buyers (where commercial banks dominate), they play a major role in funding property developers, investors, and land acquisition. Private credit funds often offer higher loan-to-value ratios (LVRs) and faster approvals than commercial banks. Developers backed by private lending can pay premium prices to acquire development sites, residential blocks, or land subdivisions. These higher acquisition costs get baked into the final price of the completed houses and apartments built on that land.

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📰 A clear majority of Australians, 58.5%, say the country is ‘going in the wrong direction’ (down 2%). Only 27% (up 1%) say the country is ‘going in the right direction’. ⤵️ www.roymorgan.com/findings/10321-federal-voting-intention-august-24-2026

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📰 Ben Balzer snr, president of community group Revive Beverly Hills United, said it was not financially feasible to build the low- to medium-density blocks the council was proposing. “Those developments can only be done at a loss,” he said. The state government’s proposed 22-storey buildings were “the only way this is going to financially stack up”.

Not everyone sees it that way. “Feasibility shouldn’t be the community’s problem,” Beverly Hills resident Rebecca Smallwood said. The three-storey unit on the busiest corridor in southern Sydney Smallwood moved into two years ago was proof there were developers willing to build lower, she said. ⤵️ www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/the-state-wants-800-new-homes-in-this-sydney-suburb-the-council-is-arguing-for-more-20260818-p60pc9.html

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📰 Anglicare executive director Kasy Chambers said at the time that the government needed to step up and build more homes in order to fix a system that is failing ordinary Aussies… “Our recent polling shows Australians want to see less spent on tax breaks for investors, and more spent on building homes people can actually afford. ⤵️ www.realestate.com.au/news/bradfield-mp-calls-for-national-definition-to-tackle-affordable-housing-crisis/

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📰 The Liberal Party, One Nation and Greens have all announced full tickets. Animal Justice, Victorian Socialists and Family First have all announced lead candidates in four regions. Sustainable Australia Party has recently announced close to a full slate. ⤵️ www.tallyroom.com.au/66259

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📰 Over the years, as a resident of the city, I watched tall buildings grow like untamed weeds… As a result, New York has become a city of lost views, disrupted sight lines and overcrowded skies. ⤵️ www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/sydney-please-don-t-lower-yourself-to-a-new-york-high-rise-jungle-20260814-p60o9x.html

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📰 Located just 30 minutes from Parliament House, Uriarra Station spans 1194ha of highly productive grazing country, making it the third-largest rural holding in the Australian Capital Territory. ⤵️[$] www.dailytelegraph.com.au/business/agribusiness/historic-sheep-station-uriarra-sold-to-renewables-investor-for-over-20m/news-story/bc575626b7c954601c4fa28229aa51cd

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📰 Record low supply and vacancy rates has left workers unable to find suitable accommodation in regions… ⤵️[$] www.heraldsun.com.au/bush-summit/regional-housing-crisis-forces-desperate-businesses-to-build-their-own-homes-for-staff/news-story/ccc59cff608f79c3a58746f110f16d6e

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The NSW Labor Government wants to cram 10,000 apartments around a proposed Woollahra train station — with up to half available to foreign buyers. SAP founder William Bourke asks: who is this really for?

SAP says yes to sensible, human-scale medium-density development with proper infrastructure — not dystopian overdevelopment that destroys heritage and strains local communities.

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Camden is one of Macarthur's most historic communities — but top-down State Government planning decisions threaten to destroy its unique character with inappropriate development.

Councillor Cameron McEwan from the Sustainable Australia Party calls for transparent, democratic and corruption-free planning that delivers genuinely affordable housing while protecting natural and built heritage, farmlands, backyards and local amenity.

The major parties are simply cramming in expensive apartments. Only SAP tackles ALL the supply AND demand-side issues at every level of government to solve the housing crisis, stop overdevelopment and protect our communities.

Affordable housing — the sustainable way.

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📰 Mr Lardner said the scheme was “flawed” because it was one of the driving forces behind price growth in the bottom end of the market, but was also exposing first-home buyers to risk in the form of higher debt. ⤵️ www.realestate.com.au/news/worst-time-on-record-for-firsthome-buyers-new-study-reveals/

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📰 Australian tenants forced to swallow relentless rent increases as housing crisis deepens, finance expert warns | Mr Blackburn said property owners are routinely hiking costs for those at the lowest rung of the market as soon as the law allows.⤵️ www.news.com.au/finance/money/australian-tenants-forced-to-swallow-relentless-rent-increases-as-housing-crisis-deepens-finance-expert-warns/news-story/ee54f274cde4fe9aaed6f148a5c83f11

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📰 According to economists at one of the country's biggest banks… rents will need to increase around 25 to 30 per cent over the next two years. ⤵️ au.finance.yahoo.com/news/minister-responds-to-dire-scenario-aussie-landlords-will-hike-rents-30-per-cent-doesnt-seem-realistic-223603275.html

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📰 The Queensland Court of Appeal ruled in July that the council's claim that a luxury high-rise would improve "housing choice and affordability" was not enough to justify exceeding the regulated height limit. ⤵️ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-15/gold-coast-high-rise-approvals-thrown-into-doubt/107032372

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