Dai Le (Fowler, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

This year I'm excited to announce that we had 56 submissions from my community of Fowler in the Raise Our Voice in Parliament campaign. According to the Raise Our Voice Australia team, it was one of the most successful outreaches.

This is the winning speech from Matt Keo of Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Cabramatta:

Ms Le, My name is Matt Keo, I am of the age of 11 and am part of the Fowler electorate. I would like to express my concern about the issue of property prices in Sydney. Property value in Sydney is among one of the most expensive in the world as well as being the least affordable.

Australia's housing prices has been a major issue for quite a while. This could result in the housing market and economy in Australia crumbling. Causes of this could be things such as population, material shortages and more. Some of these can't be prevented, but some can. Home building has been quite a problem for a while, increased home building would over time result in housing prices being more affordable. Other ways this can be solved is investing in the housing market. Yes, this would cost a fortune, however the economic market would fall without it.

In conclusion, housing prices are a major problem that could cause the fall of the economic market and should be a major concern. Ways to fix this problem are increased home building and investment in the housing market. This could save Australia from an economic disaster.

I'd like to thank Matt Keo for this speech.

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