Queenslanders Head to the Polls: What This Means for the Housing Market

As Queenslanders head to the polling booths tomorrow, they have the opportunity to influence the future of the state, with housing a major issue on the agenda. With housing affordability, supply shortages, and homelessness dominating the debate, we asked Mal Cayley for his take on the elections and what we might see moving forward. Here’s what Mal had to say:

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“We know that very few people go into politics these days for the common good. Most politicians now are agenda-driven, often oblivious to facts, causality, or the principle of cause and effect. They push for what they want, regardless of whether it’s right or wrong, and sometimes the policies they push for actually create the opposite outcome.

Take the Greens’ stance on housing—it’s guaranteed to create homelessness, housing stress, and societal degradation. Their housing policies are on a path that could harm future generations. Why? Because they’re uninformed and making noise to secure votes. Labor isn’t much better. Their policies are almost a guarantee that things will get worse.

The LNP, on the other hand, have had plenty of opportunity to step up and address the housing crisis but haven’t made a stand either. Queensland is about to vote Labor out, not vote the LNP in. We tend to vote governments out of office rather than voting them in, and if the LNP wants to stay in for more than a short stint, they need to show they can actually fix the state’s issues.

The absence of real policies to address the housing crisis from any party means that we’re left choosing the least-worst option. After almost 30 years of Labor driving housing into the ground, maybe it’s time to give the least-worst option the best chance to prove us wrong.”

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As the election unfolds, we’ll continue to monitor the outcomes and how they could impact Queensland’s housing market and what this means for investors.