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Player, land is expensive in every capital city, especially on the fringes. Compare the growth rate of inner versus outer burbs over the last 7 years. On the fringe, land is rising in price faster than wages too. Why so? - higher developer contributions to local and state govt. - land release...

Pete, I think the bigger houses excuse is a furphy. Look no further than the appreciation of terraces in Fitzroy, Melbourne. They are still the same size they were in the 1800s, and many well over $600k haven't been renovated significantly since.

I don't think most women work by choice. Indeed, you should meet many of the 40yo+ nurses and personal carers I know who don't want to work, or would love the opportunity to retrain, or spend more time at home keeping their kids on the straight and narrow.....but they need the mulah for the...

not that I want to labor the point Pete, but there's a quantum leap from both working p/t or f/t because they WANT to, to HAS to.

thx, will have a read tomorrow Peter. but would dispute wages are a poor measure across time. if it takes a dual income to keep a roof over one's head now, when it didn't 30 years ago, then how does the population reproduce itself? and if it requires a dual income now, is it of concern that...