Shadow Housing Minister Michael Sukkar says there is no doubt Australia has a housing crisis.
“What we’ve seen, particularly since this government has been in office, is lower housing approvals, lower number of houses being built, first home buyers down, and rent is up,” Mr
Sukkar told Sky News Australia.“You can’t propose to drastically increase the number of migrants we are bringing into Australia without any clue about where they are going to live.”
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