Despite both Labor and the Coalition promising to end no grounds evictions before the last election, neither has moved to end the practice. One Liberal MP is sick of waiting.
A NSW Liberal Party MP is considering crossing the floor to support a Greens bill to ban no-grounds evictions, citing frustration with a lack of progress on a practice both major parties promised to end before the last election.
Liberal MP Felicity Wilson is considering defying her party by supporting a Greens bill to end no-grounds evictions.she was “frustrated that more than a year after the election neither major party has progressed their commitments on crucial rental reforms”. “Given the lack of movement by the major parties to address this crisis, I am considering all options available to me as an MP to protect those renting in our communities.Labor and the Coalition both pledged to end no-grounds evictions before the last election.Though the bill is certain to fail, Wilson’s support would most likely give it enough support on the floor of parliament to force a recorded vote.
Under former premier Dominic Perrottet, the Coalition said it would develop a “reasonable grounds” model for evictions from periodic but not fixed-term leases, a commitment the Coalition’s fair trading spokesman Tim James said the party was still committed to.Credit:During a debate in parliament over the legislation, James said the Coalition would not support the Greens bill because it had “not adequately found a balanced middle ground approach”.
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