I live in Melbourne and I remember when I was working at a web agency, one of our clients was some kind of building supplier. They were originally from Ireland,

I live in Melbourne and I remember when I was working at a web agency, one of our clients was some kind of building supplier. They were originally from Ireland, and one of the things they were complaining about was how Australian tradies are inherently lazy. Like, if you ask them if you can do X by Y they'll often push back and say it can't be done, even though it can be done but it's just a lot of work to do and they see that as a genuine obstacle to doing it. So they were saying you often have to push and be persistent to convince them to do stuff in the first place. But yeah, the housing situation here is genuinely scary.