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In a major speech, NSW Premier Chris Minns accused “entitled Nimbys’ of worsening the housing crisis with a culture of saying ‘no’.
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Chris Minns, like most labor politicians, identified the problem: allegedly insufficient housing in Sydney. But he ignored three collosal factors driving that problem. First, supply is not the issue. Under John Howard foreigners were limited to buying no more than 50% of units in a new development. Kevin Rudd scrapped that cap and allowed well heeled non residents to buy 100% of units in a new development. Second, supply of land or units is not the problem when labor allows 600k migrants to arrive in only a few years. Some migrants are well to do and compete with Australians for properties. Others are brought in, allegedly refugees, and are supported financially by the Commonwealth. Demand, too much demand is the problem. This results in Australians, young and old being driven out of the property market. Third, last I read, there is no enshrined right for young Australians or for migrants to live and work in Sydney and for Sydney to be affordable. If Sydney siders want to consider their city as “full”, it is surely their right. They should not be forced to accept higher density living when many of the new residents are newcomers.
Until the media exposes Labor and their green friends, by calling out the true problem, that is, that demand and not supply or green tape or red tape or difficult councils is the handbrake on housing policy, no meaningful changes will take place.
Apologies for causing offense. That was not the intention. Perhaps what should be considered is to bolster regional centers by requiring or at least encouraging migrants to live there, this will certainly help with documented shortages of doctors nurses and paramedics in many parts of non metropolitan centers. A win-win situation.
At the same time, Sydney and Melbourne will stop experiencing population growth that constantly outgrows the capacity of existing infrastructure.
It is extremely difficult to fill doctor positions in regional areas because any doctor working in a regional town will discover they are the only doctor in town. There is no relief and no support. It is very stressful. Also, if they want to train for a specialty, they need to be on a training programme and supervised. That’s mostly done in city-based hospitals.
If a foreign trained doctor comes to Australia, they have to get their qualifications recognised in Australia. If Australia does not recognise their qualification, they can sit the Australian Medical Council examinations. If they pass, they get provisional registration. They can work in a supervised environment. After completing supervised practice, they get general registration. They would probably choose to work in the city too.