❓ Dr. Honey questions the Housing Minister about taxpayer contributions to a Pier Street development where only half the units will be publicly owned. The Minister deflects, accusing the opposition of opposing community housing and criticising their policy-making process.
AnsweredQoN 329Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
HOUSING — PIER STREET
DEVELOPMENT
329. Dr D.J. HONEY to the Minister for Housing:
I have a supplementary question. Why
are taxpayers contributing to what amounts to the full development cost for the
219 units, as stated in the developer's development assessment panel application,
when only half of that number of units will actually end up being publicly
owned?
DEVELOPMENT
329. Dr D.J. HONEY to the Minister for Housing:
I have a supplementary question. Why
are taxpayers contributing to what amounts to the full development cost for the
219 units, as stated in the developer's development assessment panel application,
when only half of that number of units will actually end up being publicly
owned?
AnswerView source ↗
I
think this really comes down to a critical issue. We are seeing from the
opposition that it does not support community housing projects.
Dr D.J. Honey : You are paying
full cost for half the units.
Mr J.N. CAREY : No; let us be
very clear: this is a model that works across Australia, and it is funded by
federal and state governments. It is a model that works. What is very clear is
that that member right there opposes —
Dr D.J. Honey interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
Mr J.N. CAREY : His behaviour
is incredible. I will mention the policymaking process for housing under the
Liberal opposition. Hon Nick Goiran calls everyone together. They get all ''The
Clan'' members together, because we know that the Leader of the Liberal
Party is not in control, and they all kiss his hand and do the special
acknowledgement. They put on their tinfoil hats to stop the 5G radiation from
their mobile phones and then they talk with Phil Twiss, a Liberal candidate,
about how rainbows have been hijacked by homosexual activists.
I will not be lectured by the
Liberals on housing and community housing policy when they have zero policies.
We are less than a year out from an election. We have a Liberal leader who says
nothing on housing policy, nothing on homelessness policy, nothing on community
housing policy and nothing on planning. They are an absolute vacuum on this
issue, and they have the audacity to the lecture the state government on
community housing.
think this really comes down to a critical issue. We are seeing from the
opposition that it does not support community housing projects.
Dr D.J. Honey : You are paying
full cost for half the units.
Mr J.N. CAREY : No; let us be
very clear: this is a model that works across Australia, and it is funded by
federal and state governments. It is a model that works. What is very clear is
that that member right there opposes —
Dr D.J. Honey interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
Mr J.N. CAREY : His behaviour
is incredible. I will mention the policymaking process for housing under the
Liberal opposition. Hon Nick Goiran calls everyone together. They get all ''The
Clan'' members together, because we know that the Leader of the Liberal
Party is not in control, and they all kiss his hand and do the special
acknowledgement. They put on their tinfoil hats to stop the 5G radiation from
their mobile phones and then they talk with Phil Twiss, a Liberal candidate,
about how rainbows have been hijacked by homosexual activists.
I will not be lectured by the
Liberals on housing and community housing policy when they have zero policies.
We are less than a year out from an election. We have a Liberal leader who says
nothing on housing policy, nothing on homelessness policy, nothing on community
housing policy and nothing on planning. They are an absolute vacuum on this
issue, and they have the audacity to the lecture the state government on
community housing.
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