A new report by the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre has found that at current rates of dwelling completion, Western Australia will fall well short of the National Accord target of 25,000 new dwelling units per year – a figure which will only just keep pace with the state’s projected population growth.

Dr Adam Crowe, Co-author of the report, from Curtin University’s Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute joined Julie-Anne Sprague to discuss the report.

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