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Melbourne is trialing some form of vacancy surcharge to address this.
I like the idea but seems impossible to implement effectively.
Some ideas include watching water and electricity usage but if they leave a tap on and have a PC mining Bitcoin they are safe.
Are those rents centre of the city or suburban?
If city Sydney is comparable, if more than 10km from the CBD yeah they're pretty damn high.
There is a 1% ''empty home'' tax in Vancouver. IIRC this was implemented recently, so they're still not sure if it's had any effect.