00:00There was a lot of words about supply and the centrepiece of the supply promise is the
00:07100,000 built to sell homes that the government is going to be financing through cheap loans
00:15to the states over the next eight years.
00:18And that's important because it signals government getting back into underwriting affordable
00:24supply.
00:25Those homes will be for first home buyers.
00:28And so, you know, that's potentially a very promising step forward.
00:32The other elements of their policy include the shared equity scheme.
00:38That can be important.
00:40Unfortunately, it hasn't yet been tied to new housing supplies.
00:44And so by linking a shared equity scheme just to new supply and then linking that, for instance,
00:50to the reform, to planning reforms at the state level, you can start to really join up some
00:55of their housing policies.
00:58We've also got, of course, the low deposit scheme.
01:01Again, it would be great to see that tapped into the new housing supply measures.
01:07Some of the smaller elements of Labor's platform include some support for the construction industry
01:13and faster and faster qualifications for tradies.
01:16But it is important to look at the housing industry itself and ways to help that industry
01:21be more efficient.
01:22It is important to be more efficient.
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