Clare O'Neil (Hotham, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Housing) Share this | Hansard source

I want to thank the member for Hawke for his question. He is a hugely powerful advocate in this parliament for a better housing deal for our constituents because it matters so much to the people that he came here to represent.

In Hawke, as in Hotham and as in every part of our country, Australians are doing it tough. Housing costs are a really big part of this picture. We hear it from our constituents. We all talk to young people in our electorates who describe that intense feeling of despair they feel when they've just missed out on another rental application. They talk about the fact that they don't know when they're going to get secure and affordable housing over their heads.

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