The government hasn’t referred anything to the law reform commission since 2021. Insiders worry about a pattern of reactive policy
On Monday, the Courier-Mail ran a front-page story about a report, commissioned by the Queensland Council of Social Services, which painted a dire picture of the rental market. It found 300,000 people were either homeless, or on low incomes and paying more than 30% of their earnings on rent.The report’s author, Hal Pawson, called for tenancy law reform. And within hours Annastacia Palaszczuk said the government was “looking very seriously at how a rental cap can be put in place”.
The next day’s Courier-Mail front page – headlined “Dunce’s Cap” – lashed the idea of a rental cap, picking up where the newspaper and the real estate sector had left off last year, afterThe government then appeared to quickly back away from the idea of a rent cap, instead claiming it was looking at limiting the frequency of rental increases to once a year.
Some within the state government say they’re worried about a pattern of reactive “thought bubble” policy, where the main consideration seems to be doing whatever possible to nullify potential negative news coverage.“Real estate agents aren’t going to vote Labor and neither will the keyboard crime warriors,” one Labor source said.
“And I guarantee that in 2024 [when the next state election will be held] the Courier-Mail isn’t going to be campaigning for Labor.”
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