New South Wales Housing Minister Rose Jackson has defended her highly criticised interview with ABC Radio by stating 'context is important' after claiming it was possible to rent a two-bedroom apartment in Sydney for “a couple of hundred bucks”.
NSW Housing Minister Rose Jackson has claimed"context is important" as part of her defence against criticism for suggesting rent for a two bedroom apartment in Sydney would cost just"a couple hundred bucks" a week.New South Wales Housing Minister Rose Jackson has defended her highly criticised interview with ABC Radio by stating"context is important" after claiming it was possible to rent a two-bedroom apartment in Sydney for “a couple of hundred bucks”.
Ms Jackson went on to say she can be a pretty intense person whose words do not always come out nicely and who had a"history of getting a bit mangled in live interviews". "I did a live radio interview in which I was asked what is the reasonable rent someone should pay in Sydney, not what people in Sydney are actually paying." Picture: Jonathan Ng
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