Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, meets the Federal opposition leader Bill Shorten in Sydney, Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. Prime Minister Netanyahu is on a four-day visit to Australia, the first official visit by an Israeli Prime Minister.
In the days following Gladys Berejiklian's statement that she wanted to ensure "every average hardworking person in this state can aspire to own their own home", the Premier's actions have served only to undermine that goal. If she was serious about helping, she would not have doubled down on her support for tax breaks that both hurt first home buyers and help investors to buy their sixth, seventh and eighth properties.