I don't think it's unreasonable that the government was "empty handed" after the retreat. Given the amount of time and prep that is put into government communi

I don't think it's unreasonable that the government was "empty handed" after the retreat. Given the amount of time and prep that is put into government communications and policy, if they actually had some concrete policy to announce after the retreat it would have meant that the whole retreat was actually a sham and they had something planned all along. The government has switched out the housing minister from a dud to a rising star, and had a retreat where they listened to a bunch of experts. These are promising things to notice, but if they are only now changing tack on this issue, it will likely take months from now until we see a coherent policy response.