Anthony Albanese has referred to his 40-room Canberra mansion, which was paid for by tax dollars and includes a chef, a wine room, a tennis court, and a pool, as public housing.
After moving into the prime minister’s residence, The Lodge, the prime minister, who grew up in housing commission in Camperdown, inner-west Sydney, jokingly said on Monday that he was glad to be back in public housing.
When a Greens MP questioned Mr. Albanese about whether or not his role as a landlord prevented him from supporting a rent freeze, he responded, “I am quite glad that I am back in public housing, it has to be mentioned. a great deal better than my first bar.
Anthony Albanese grew up in this housing commission block in Camperdown, inner west Sydney
He now resides in Canberra’s The Lodge, a 40-room house.
Although the Lodge is supported by tax dollars, it is not at all like a housing commission. It includes a full-time chef and has six bedrooms, a wine room, two kitchens, four bathrooms, an orchard, a pond, two dining rooms, a pool, and a tennis court.
Even if it had been a joke, according to liberal sources, Scott Morrison would never have gotten away with making such a statement.
Can you picture the uproar if Morrison said that?
One insider added, “Can you image the reaction if Morrison made that remarks.”
To help earnings catch up with rising prices, the Greens are advocating a two-year nationwide rent freeze.
Once the two-year moratorium expires, the party also wants to see rent hikes restricted to 2% every 24 months.
According to CoreLogic data, rents increased 9.1% in capital cities and 10.8% in rural areas in the year leading up to June.
More than 1 million people pay more than half of their salary each month for rent.
Adam Bandt and Greens housing spokeswoman Max Chandler-Mather are shown on the left.
The rent-freeze proposal has been rejected by Mr. Albanese, who owns at least three homes, who claims it cannot be implemented “short of nationalizing property.”
In Question Time on Monday, Greens housing spokesman Max Chandler-Mather questioned Mr. Albanese about if his role as a landlord was the reason he was reluctant to support it.
Will you set your own position as a landlord aside and consider the green plan for a two-year rent freeze, he said.
In order to develop 30,000 new social and affordable housing units in its first five years, the Labor Party’s $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund, according to Mr. Albanese, will help ease the housing problem.
‘A range of people are certainly under stress in terms of housing affordability, finding it difficult to get into the market and to pay the rent and pay the bills,’ he said.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during House of Representatives Question Time