1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:01,920 Speaker 1: You chairm a new board for kying or a new 2 00:00:01,920 --> 00:00:05,119 Speaker 1: writing instructions from the Housing Minister. Of course, financial stabilities 3 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:06,560 Speaker 1: the key. It all comes out of the Build English 4 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 1: review claiming they weren't financially sustainable. Big Housing announcement too, 5 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:12,479 Speaker 1: coming today from the government Labor Housing Spokesbiston Curre and 6 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 1: Maconnulty is with us. Karen, very good morning to you. 7 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:16,320 Speaker 2: Good morning. 8 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:18,639 Speaker 1: I thought, well, thank you. Reports are they going to 9 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:22,080 Speaker 1: flood the country with land and it's coming today that 10 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:23,319 Speaker 1: you would agree with, wouldn't you. 11 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 2: It was the approach I take, Mike, and I've said 12 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:30,120 Speaker 2: this publicly a number of times, is if it's a 13 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:33,559 Speaker 2: good idea, I'll say so, we need more houses and 14 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:36,480 Speaker 2: it's going to take an approach across governments to get there. 15 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 2: Not everything the government's going to do is done, and 16 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 2: so we've got to back it because the constructions we 17 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 2: need certainty and that's one way we can provide it. 18 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:45,519 Speaker 2: In opposition the. 19 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 1: Change in board, the change in CEO. Do you get 20 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:51,280 Speaker 1: what they're trying to do or not? 21 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 2: Well, no, we don't have any faith in the report 22 00:00:56,320 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 2: because it contained factual and accuracies, and we'll based on 23 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:05,759 Speaker 2: wrong assumptions and they were outbined by the board to 24 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:09,679 Speaker 2: the report before it was released. They were ignored. The 25 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 2: Minister could have taken that seriously, but has decided to 26 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 2: just flip the board as a way to deal with it. 27 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:18,320 Speaker 2: It doesn't actually deal with the problem that klang Aura 28 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 2: were doing what was asked of them, and that was 29 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 2: to build a hell of a lot of houses, a 30 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 2: record number, in fact, the most since the nineteen fifties. 31 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 2: That was going to cost money. They were doing what 32 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:32,400 Speaker 2: they were instructed and they should be instructed and backed 33 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 2: to continue to build houses because the result is ultimately 34 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:39,400 Speaker 2: they aren't now the only houses that are being built 35 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 2: by kyng Aura were those that were funded by the 36 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 2: previous government. And if we actually do want to sort 37 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 2: this housing crisis out, klang Ura needs to play a 38 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 2: part alongside community hasing providers. 39 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 1: We'll be talking to Chris Bishop later on in the program. 40 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 1: Appreciate Time Care Mcinulti, Labor Housing spokesperson 41 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 2: That for more from News talks'b listen live on air 42 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 2: or online and keep our shows you wherever you go 43 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 2: Without podcasts on iHeartRadio