Leading UNSW urban policy expert, Hal Pawson, says it's "cruel and immoral" that Australia has 200,000 more homes sitting empty than it had a decade ago, despite the country grappling with a housing supply shortage.

Market watcher Liam Bailey says he’s surprised by how much governments around the world are getting into the property game.

A certificate issued by the Local Authority Building Control said the synthetic insulation chosen for the £10m refurbishment of the tower was acceptable for use on tall buildings only if used with non-flammable fibre cement panels, but was used in Grenfell’s case with combustible polyethylene panels.