Rent is devouring more than half of renters’ take-home pay across Australia, with Sydney hitting a staggering 69% and even high earners struggling to keep up. A new report reveals that even in Adelaide, the cheapest city, rent consumes over 50% of income — and Perth has become the nation’s most expensive capital. Advocates warn this “rental stress” is worsening nationwide, calling for urgent government action including building a million public homes, capping rent hikes, and ending no-grounds evictions — arguing decades of private-sector neglect have led us here.

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