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The Age

The Greens want the states to implement a two-year rental freeze. After that period, rental increases would be capped at just 2 per cent every two years – an amount that would almost certainly be well below the annual inflation rate. This article in The Age features an interview with AHURI's Dr Michael Fotheringham, who argues that a plan to freeze rents and subsequently allow very limited increases would be problematic.