Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for COAG) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Housing, Senator Evans. Given that former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd described the issue of homelessness as a national obscenity in 2008, how does the minister describe the situation now that the number of homeless people has increased by 17 per cent over the past five years of this government according to the ABS 2011 census figures?