The government wants more of us living in high rises. Here’s why Australians don’t want to
- Written by Emma Baker, Professor of Housing Research, University of Adelaide
Australia was once a nation where the great Australian dream was owning a home with ample space for a lawn and a garden. But by the 1990s, the dream had shifted, at least politically, with then prime minister Paul Keating famously saying there was “more to life than the quarter acre block”.
He suggested governments should plan for more...
