00:00It's a lovely spot.
00:03Stepping out under blue skies, the Premier was in a sunny mood.
00:07You can feel your power bills going down while the sun is shining so well.
00:11Spooking solar savings in Melbourne's western suburbs.
00:14While it's a help for homeowners with cost of living, it was an empty block of land in
00:19Preston which kept pressure on the Premier.
00:22The block had been earmarked for social housing, but is now being sold to private developers.
00:28Premier Jacinta Allen and her Labor government are selling off public land because they've
00:33run out of money to build the social and affordable homes they promised they would build.
00:37In the midst of a housing crisis, instead of building thousands of public homes, Victorian
00:42Labor is conducting a fire sale on public land.
00:46This is going to make the housing crisis worse.
00:49Jacinta Allen insisting the government will make good on its promise of 12,000 homes over
00:54four years under its big housing build.
00:57We're going to deliver those homes.
00:59In terms of that land in Preston, it's being identified that it can be put to use for other
01:03housing purposes and that's also a good thing.
01:06To lose this site of public land to private interests to drive profit instead of homes
01:13for the people who need them is very upsetting.
01:16The government is also bulldozing ahead with plans to redevelop public high-rise housing
01:21towers in Carleton, North Melbourne and Flemington, despite ongoing legal action from residents
01:28opposed to the plan.
01:29Works will begin here in Carleton later this year.
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