It might be tempting, but can you pick fruit from someone else's garden in Australia?

In Australia, the Coalition's plan to increase housing supply involves trade-offs, according to a Liberal frontbencher. Opposition housing spokesperson Andrew Bragg stated that low-income households should accept living in substandard dwellings if elected. He added that the reduced national housing code would bring about trade-offs, emphasizing that having a home is more crucial than its quality.

Bragg argued that building more houses should be the priority due to the affordability crisis in the housing system. The opposition's plan includes reducing the national housing code from 2,000 pages to 80 pages, a goal they aim to achieve by adopting the New Zealand building code, which is around 80 pages long. Critics, including affordable housing advocates, argue that lowering construction standards will lead to the creation of "unliveable" homes, exacerbating the housing crisis rather than resolving it.