Richmond electorate
Gabrielle DE VIETRI (Richmond) (14:41): (336) My question is for the new Minister for Consumer Affairs. For months we waited for Labor’s housing statement to fix the housing crisis, and what did we get – crumbs for renters and a death sentence for public housing. Average rents in Melbourne have risen by 18.2 per cent, and one of my constituents recently received a 60 per cent rent increase. Sixteen European countries have rent controls like rent freezes and rent caps, and yet in Victoria we are fighting for the bare minimum. Without rent caps or rent freezes Labor is condemning renters to rental hell. Minister, your predecessor failed to protect renters, but when will you make unlimited rent rises illegal?