For the first time in 25 years, an Australian government actually did something about housing based on the idea that the only way to make houses more affordable is for house prices to fall.(25年来，澳大利亚政府首次真正在住房问题上采取了行动，其理念是：要让房价更可负担，唯一途径就是让房价下跌。) They stopped pretending there was another way.
25年来，澳大利亚政府首次真正在住房问题上采取了行动，其理念是：要让房价更可负担，唯一途径就是让房价下跌。他们不再假装还有别的办法。
For years, politicians(政客们) liked to talk about how, if incomes rise faster than house prices, housing becomes more “affordable”.
多年来，政客们喜欢谈论这样的观点：如果收入增长快于房价，住房就会变得更“可负担”。
But let’s cut through all the shrubbery(抛开繁文缛节，直击要点).
但让我们抛开那些花言巧语吧。