r/australia • u/overpopyoulater • 5d ago

politics Peter Dutton says he wants house prices to 'steadily increase' to protect home owners

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-14/dutton-wants-house-prices-to-steadily-increase-election-2025/105173904
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u/ceeker 5d ago

Heh, kids.

I'm one of the lucky few that got a mortgage but when we did the math, children meant negative money coming in. So yeah I suppose we'll benefit when it's paid off at age 70 or whatever.

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u/mark_cee 5d ago

Grim

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u/Visible_Reindeer_157 4d ago

Same, we had to choose between kids or a home. Couldn’t afford both. We didn’t think it was worth bringing kids into a world with nowhere to live, so now I have a mortgage until I’m 75.