Housing Crisis
The Government today stands accused by one of their own of 'not giving a shit about the homeless'.
The Government today stands accused by one of their own of 'not giving a shit about the homeless'.
The Residential Tenancy Act, as the Government would know, is an act which has many parts of it that need to be updated.
Here we are again in this House, on this day, debating one of the most critically important issues confronting this parliament and the entire state of Tasmania.
The Liberals have used their numbers once again to prevent debate on the capacity of another failing Minister. This time, Housing Minister, Roger Jaensch.
The Government will not rule out a further expenditure of public funds to try to make it easier for Housing Tasmania to evict people into homelessness.
There is a surge in the budget allocation that runs out next year for child safety services.
Cassy O'Connor delivers a budget reply speech for the 2019-20 state Budget, and speaks to alternative policies in the Greens' Alternative Budget.
The elective surgery waiting list has soared, along with time spent in the emergency department, yet there is no new money for health in this year's budget.
Let us be really clear about where this began, where this crisis started. It started in 2014, that is a fact.
Anglicare produces an annual snapshot of the rental market focusing on people who earn the least.