Belly
It seems very strange for someone to make assumptions about someone based on a single post rather than actually knowing them.Pretty arrogant i think.I do think however based on your 2 posts to me you would make a good politician given that you are attacking the person ( me ) with comments like childlike and bitter rather than explaining just what good things this government has given us with regards to housing.Oh by the way another stupid assumption is that i am a conserverative.I come from a long line of proud union members and up until the last decade was an ALP voter all my life.I am also a qualified tradesman.
I never have voted for the Liberal party and still have no intention of voting for them, although if i did vote for the ALP again i can see how that could easily be mistaken as a Liberal party vote given the party it is today.
I am also a father and as such would complain about rising house prices in any event as my son still would have to buy a house at some stage and pay the over inflated prices we do today.
I hope now that you know more about me you will agree that the arrogance of assumption at times can make people look rather foolish.
Even given your assumptions about me i will be a little more lenient with you and assume you have put a typo in your post with house prices in your area at 200.00 and read it as 200,000
I would be extremely interested in where these houses are and their proximity to Melbourne which is where i live.Government policy or lack of, does have an impact on the housing market as does any governments and to deny this is at best not very clever or at worst extremely dishonest.
Bigdamo65

I am talking about house away from the sea, 40klms on the mid North coast of NSW.
western country homes are often less than half that.
I never intended to insult you but you are showing a lack of understanding of the issue and looking only from your point of view.
Your are far from the only one who infers my ALP/union membership has influenced my judgment, I maintain my right to call that childlike.
You earn no browny points by telling of your changed alliances, I see no alternative to Labor yet, for sure not the greens.
You say and think what you will of me but surely you do know just how much both governments have done to increase home ownership?
And I think if you owned your impending bubble/home you would sell to anyone with the cash, tell me are you truly wanting this country to bar overseas home ownership?
surely not?
Then what do you want this government to do about house prices?
Be aware, if you have enough years to live you will see your dream others nightmare, low house prices very low mass bankruptcy too as a result of speculators in housing.
However I hope, truly you get your home soon.