Now Highrise Harry wants to rent you a caravan

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By Leith van Onselen

Over the years, “Highrise” Harry Triguboff has shown himself to be one of Australia’s biggest rent-seekers, supporting policies that would line his own pockets.

In addition to supporting the daft policy solution of allowing first home buyers to use their superannuation for housing, Triguboff is also an avid supporter of mass immigration and a ‘Big Australia’, previously commenting that he’d like to see Australia’s population reach 100 million so that he can build more apartments. And when confronted last year with questions about a potential apartment oversupply and falling prices, Triguboff responded by stating “then I will bring in more migrants”.

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.