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The housing minister, Clare O’Neil, is speaking with ABC RN about the housing legislation due to go before the parliament this week.
She said the Help to Buy scheme would come before the Senate tomorrow, and its second housing bill “a little bit later in the week.”
It is a consistent approach of the Greens … It was yet another political stunt.
One of the proposals put forward would have required me as minister to direct Housing Australia to fund homes that Housing Australia has … looked at and decided not to fund, and that is against the law. That is against the Housing Australia Act. So this is just one of a whole range of serious problems with what was put forward.
Well, my job is not to be concerned with what Elon Musk is doing, unless he is hurting the safety of Australians, and that is why we will continue to regulate without fear or favour and to make sure that we’re safeguarding Australians online safety, and that has always been my focus.
