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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Karen Middleton Political editor

NSW Liberal Andrew Bragg claims some party colleagues may be ‘playing footsies with nimbys’

Senator Andrew Bragg. ‘The nimbyism is poison,’ he told the Australian Politics podcast.
Senator Andrew Bragg says some Liberals were encouraging a not-in-my-back yard attitude to expanding housing stock. ‘The nimbyism is poison,’ he told the Australian Politics podcast. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

New South Wales Liberal frontbench senator Andrew Bragg has accused some of his party colleagues of “playing footsies with nimbys” for blocking real estate developments in Sydney’s suburbs that he says would help ease the housing crisis.”

The shadow assistant minister for home ownership told Guardian Australia that some Liberals were encouraging a not-in-my-back yard attitude to expanding housing stock in some metropolitan areas and obstructing measures that could help increase supply.

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