{
  "id": 6213861,
  "title": "Australia has lost the ability to build things",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/australia-has-lost-the-ability-to-build-things",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-08T02:00:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MacroBusiness",
    "slug": "macrobusiness",
    "url": "https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2026/09/australia-has-lost-the-ability-to-build-things/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Australia’s construction pipeline is bigger than ever. Following decades of mass immigration, Australia is suffering from a chronic housing shortage estimated by AMP chief economist Shane Oliver to be between 200,000 and 300,000 dwellings. Australia’s current rate of housing construction is tracking at only 173,400 in the year to March 2026, well below last decade’s The post Australia has lost…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}