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Julie Collins 2022
The Hon Julie Collins MP
Minister for Housing, Minister for Homelessness, Minister for Small Business
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Minister for Housing, Minister for Homelessness, Minister for Small Business
Interview with Thomas Oriti, ABC NewsRadio
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THOMAS ORITI:
The Minister for Housing and Homelessness, Julie Collins. Minister, good morning. Thank you for your time.
JULIE COLLINS:
Good morning, Thomas, and to your listeners this morning.
ORITI:
Interview with Greg Jennett, Afternoon Briefing, ABC
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GREG JENNETT:
The Queensland Government has introduced enabling legislation to what is a single chamber parliament there in Brisbane, introducing the shared equity Help to Buy Scheme. Presumably it does pass because they have the numbers there. But what will that actually enable on Help to Buy?
JULIE COLLINS:
Helping more Queenslanders into home ownership
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The Albanese Labor Government welcomes the introduction of state legislation to deliver Help to Buy in Queensland which will assist more Australians into their own homes.
Consumer and small business advocates to have special powers to raise complaints
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Applications are now open for interested consumer and small business advocates to apply to become a designated complainant – allowing them to submit complaints to the competition and consumer watchdog for response within 90 days.
Reforms strengthen small business access to procurement
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The Albanese Labor Government recognises the important contribution small businesses make to the Australian economy and is committed to a level playing field for small businesses when competing for Australian Government contracts.
Opinion piece: More support to help Australians into home ownership
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‘Something to look forward to, something to work towards’.
That’s how Gemma, a student from Canberra, described the Albanese Labor government’s Help to Buy shared equity program.
Like so many young people across Australia, she’s facing challenges when it comes to home ownership.
Delivering more help for Australian home buyers
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The Albanese Labor Government is taking another step to deliver Help to Buy to bring home ownership back into reach for 40,000 low and middle income families.
Public consultation begins today for the Help to Buy Program Directions, which will help Australians understand how our shared equity program could assist them into home ownership.
New partnership to drive more homes for Tasmanians
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The Albanese Labor Government’s Social Housing Accelerator will help to transform the lives of more Tasmanians with a new development to deliver 15 homes in Hobart.
The $9.2 million project includes more than $7 million in funding from the Albanese Labor Government’s Social Housing Accelerator and will be delivered by Homes Tasmania.
Opinion piece: Youth Homelessness Matters Day
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Late last year, I sat down with young Tasmanians to talk about the future of housing in our country.
Like many young people across Australia, they were keen to hear how we plan to work with other governments to do more in supporting those experiencing housing challenges and improve housing affordability.