Anthony Albanese and the Greens have exchanged barbs during Question Time as the Prime Minister urged the minor party to stop blocking developments on a key government policy.
Labor took a slate of housing policies to the election in a bid to bolster public accommodation for vulnerable families.
“I indeed do understand the importance of having a secure roof over your head, and what that can do for the opportunity to advance in life. I know it because I have lived it,” Mr Albanese said. “I know that the member's political party has substantial representation in local government and what I'd encourage him to do is to actually encourage the Greens political party to back affordable housing rather than just oppose it.Demand for public housing is significantly outstripping supply with the waiting list increasing by more than 8,000 households in 2021 while less than 4,000 new dwellings came online in the same period.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese defended the government's social housing policy during Question Time on Wednesday. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage
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