Anthony Byrne (Holt, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Say that on record. They are paying the mortgage and then forgoing essential services such as gas and electricity. These good, working families who have come to Cranbourne and taken out a mortgage are struggling with the cost of living. In my electorate we distributed a survey that had a massive response, particularly from the people of Cranbourne—and these are good, average Australians that are struggling with the cost of living and receiving no help from the government. You would think that in an area that covers 225,000 people the government would provide several financial counsellors—my seat has the highest rate of mortgages in Australia but the Commonwealth has funded only one financial counsellor. That says it all. People talk about the government being best for working families, but they provide only one financial counsellor for 225,000 people. It is a disgrace. (Time expired)

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