Julie Collins 2022

The Albanese Labor Government’s landmark legislation to deliver the single biggest investment in affordable and social housing in more than a decade has passed the Parliament.

The $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund will now be established, creating a secure, ongoing pipeline of funding for social and affordable rental housing.

The Albanese Government is delivering significant new practical measures to support Australian small businesses and to help them prosper.

The Government has today introduced the Treasury Laws Amendment (Support for Small Business and Charities and Other Measures) Bill 2023 (the Bill) into Parliament.

KARL STEFANOVIC:

Some relief for our country's housing crisis could be on the horizon as Labor's $10 billion housing policy is set to pass through Parliament as soon as this week. Let's bring in Minister for Housing and Homelessness, Julie Collins. Julie, good morning to you.

JULIE COLLINS:

Good morning, Karl.

EMMA REBELLATO:

Housing Minister Julie Collins joins us now from Parliament. Housing Minister, good morning to you.

JULIE COLLINS:

Good morning, Emma. How are you this morning?

REBELLATO:

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Australians deserve a housing system that is well‑supplied and well‑functioning.

Australians deserve access to housing that is more affordable, stable and secure.

It matters at a personal level.

It matters at a national level, now and for the long term.

JULIE COLLINS:

The Albanese Government is set to deliver the single biggest investment in social and affordable housing in more than a decade, with welcome new support today for the Housing Australia Future Fund meaning the legislation is set to pass the Senate later this week.

Displayed at the entrance of my office in Parliament is a piece of artwork I received from the Katherine Accommodation Action Group just a few weeks after I became the Minister for Housing.

The artwork includes personal accounts of housing insecurity from across Katherine, highlighting the unacceptable consequences of Australia's housing challenges.

The Albanese Government is committed to ensuring more small businesses are paid on time, recognising how important cash flow is to small businesses, and to sustaining growth across the economy.

That’s why the Government has released the written report of the independent review of the Payment Times Reporting Act 2020 (the Act) delivered by the Honourable Dr Craig Emerson.

LEON COMPTON:

Julie Collins is the federal Housing Minister. Minister, good morning to you.

JULIE COLLINS:

Good morning, Leon, and good morning to your listeners.

COMPTON: