Earlier this week, the Coalition announced plans to target 270,000 young renters in Australia’s 25 most marginal seats in the lead-up to the next election, believing that Labor’s plans to curb negative gearing could prove a vote winner for the federal government. In
No surprise then to read that Capricornia MP, Michelle Landry, has repeated the lie that Labor’s policy would cut supply and increase rents, leading to a “rental famine”. From the Morning Bulletin:
