ABC Feeds<p>Coalition's flashy housing policy is 'reckless', argue experts — and Labor not much better<br>By Patricia Karvelas</p><p>It's rare to see a calm, smart and measured former mandarin angry, but I saw that for the first time yesterday when I spoke with Martin Parkinson about the blockbuster Coalition housing announcement.</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-14/housing-policy-parkinson-reckless-5-per-cent-deduct-interest/105170716" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-04-14/hou</span><span class="invisible">sing-policy-parkinson-reckless-5-per-cent-deduct-interest/105170716</span></a></p><p><a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/AustralianFederalElections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustralianFederalElections</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/HousingPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HousingPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/PatriciaKarvelas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PatriciaKarvelas</span></a></p>