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By Situation Theatre 7/9/2020
Based on the promotional material, 250 applicants now seems like an extraordinarily high number.
Fewer than 250 people have applied for the Morrison government’s HomeBuilder Scheme, and after pictures emerged yesterday of the Prime Minister building the first home of the programme, it’s pretty clear why.
The wooden house would barely fit his two daughters, 11 and 13, let alone a family of five.
Moreover, in the age of accelerating climate disasters and heightened fire risk, one can’t help but question the choice of materials.
A better use of resources would be mass investment in public housing and a more effective use of the Prime Minister’s time would seem to be running the country.