Proof Australia's housing shortage is not a "supply issue" (Leithvo)

This weekend's Treasury of Common Sense on Radio 2GB/4BC debunked Housing Minister Clare O'Neil's claim that the solution to the housing shortage is to "build. build. build".
I also clown on Climate Change Authority chairman Matt Kean for demanding more subsidies for renewable energy.



Leith van Onselen explaining it's impossible for housing to keep up with the millions of extra people coming into the country.

Best comment on You Tube:

@slackra3400
My partner is pregnant with my first child. I feel like this government is an existential threat to his quality of life. Labor has lost the bloody plot. Immigration needs to be set to zero until housing supply catches up, if not longer. Like Sweden we should have a referendum on maximum population size. Australia doesn't need over 28 million people. If anything we have too many people considering how much freshwater we now have to produce via desal.

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, June 16, 2026.]