Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says he doesn’t believe the Albanese government has a “good track record” as it plans to put its housing bill forward again.
“They’ve in two budgets decided on outcomes in policy which have driven up your electricity costs, they’ve driven up inflation, they’ve driven up interest rates,
they’ve driven up insurance costs,” Mr Dutton said during a press conference on Monday. “I think there are a lot of families out there who are hurting in the suburbs.”
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