Debate exposes election’s biggest loser

News.com.au - 16/04
Renters have been deemed as the “real losers” of the election, with one rental advocate accusing both Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton trying to “walk away from (their) responsibility to make housing a fairer system”.

Renters have been deemed as the “real losers” of the election, with one rental advocate accusing both Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton trying to “walk away from (their) responsibility to make housing a fairer system”.

While technically an issue for the states, both the Prime Minister and Opposition Leader were quizzed by the host of ABC’s Australia Votes Leaders’ Debate, David Speers, on whether more federal leadership was needed to help renters facing instability amid a tight rental market and high prices.

Speers also noted both men had been “property investors over the years,” asking whether they could “understand younger Australians locked out of the market (are) feeling it is people like you who are to blame for the fact the system is rigged against them”.

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