Moderate senator says the idea of new developments in established suburbs does not sit well with some Liberals
Senator Andrew Bragg says some Liberals were encouraging a not-in-my-back yard attitude to expanding housing stock. ‘The nimbyism is poison,’ he told the Australian Politics podcast.Senator Andrew Bragg says some Liberals were encouraging a not-in-my-back yard attitude to expanding housing stock. ‘The nimbyism is poison,’ he told the Australian Politics podcast.
“For a lot of the older people, they might find that quite shocking that we need to develop in ways that perhaps they wouldn’t like,” he said. “But this is the only way you’re going to solve the problem.” “They are the people that are going to pay the price of the failure to develop and to build,” he said. “So particularly when an apartment block proposals are knocked off, that’s very detrimental to our housing problem.”– which has been accused of having links to organised crime and engaging in activities that may have pushed up the cost of construction.
“I have confidence in Don Harwin and the executive to steady the ship,” Bragg said. He endorsed the appointment of former federal director of the Liberal party, Brian Loughnane, to undertake a “methodical” review of what occurred but declined to speculate on the likelihood or form of proposed federal intervention.
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