Shadow Housing Minister Says Housing Crisis Threatening Support for Capitalism

Senator Andrew Bragg speaks to journalists in the Press Gallery at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on Aug. 21, 2024. AAP Image/Mick TsikasShadow Housing Minister Andrew Bragg has declared “NIMBYism is a cancer” in the centre-right and says the Liberal Party must become the party of mass housing construction as younger Australians lose faith in capitalism and turn towards socialism.Bragg used a speech at the Centre for Independent Studies to argue that failing to fix housing affordability risks hollowing out support for market democracy.