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US division ‘at highest level since civil war’, warns business chief

Paul Bassat, one of the nation’s leading venture capitalists, says division in America is at its highest level since the civil war in the 1860s and should be a warning for Australia to better address intergenerational inequality and political disenfranchisement.

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The WA Government is failing to convince people it is tackling the housing crisis, despite tracking third in the country towards its target for building new homes.

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Jacinta Allan builds pitch on housing but policy satisfaction is low in Victoria

Public confidence in Victoria’s housing system has slumped to the lowest levels in the country.

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INTERVIEW: Confidence in housing delivery hits rock bottom

A survey of how we feel about promises to fix the housing crisis has revealed that even where governments are delivering, public confidence is at rock bottom.