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Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)
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Housing Trust Rent

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (14:55): A supplementary from me, sir: how does the minister justify to those people who are in Housing Trust accommodation one-bedroom bedsits that they should now be paying the same amount as people who are in two-bedroom stand-alone units or homes? How does she justify that?

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (14:55): The honourable member can try to cut these things however he likes. We can also consider the situation where people are in a one-bedroom unit paying 25 per cent in a walk-up flat, or people in a two-bedroom cottage flat who are paying 25 per cent.

The Hon. I.K. Hunter interjecting:

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: The Labor Party increased those ones in 2011 from 21 per cent to 25 per cent, and the Labor Party increased the rental for people in bedsits from 17 per cent to 19 per cent. There is a whole range of areas. Perhaps the honourable member is suggesting that we should be charging people who live in three or four-bedroom dwellings more? Is that Labor Party policy? More than 25 per cent?

The PRESIDENT: Through me, minister.

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: More than 25 per cent?

The PRESIDENT: Through me, minister.

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: So, it is Labor Party policy now that public housing should be charged on the meterage of the dwelling? Well, that is an interesting proposition, isn't it, Mr President? We will see how we go with that one.

The PRESIDENT: Hon. Mr Hood, a supplementary?

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