Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

The Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:

(1) The Sustainable Population Strategy, Sustainable Australia – Sustainable Communities, was released on 13 May 2011 and links closely with other policies released in the Budget context, including the National Urban Policy and the Ministerial Statement on Investing in Regional Australia.

(2) One of the Government ' s key policy priorities is the availability of affordable housing. As such, housing is one of many iss ues considered in the Strategy.

(3) See response to question 1.