00:00Melbourne's public housing towers have long been part of the city's skyline and often
00:08home to new arrivals.
00:09They expect that they'll be able to get a reasonable wage.
00:10They expect that they'll be able to get good housing.
00:15But for over a year, the government has been forging ahead with a plan to knock them down,
00:20with these Flemington flats among the first to go.
00:24Part of that work in building more public housing, more social and affordable housing,
00:28more homes for more Victorians, does require the relocation of some tenants.
00:33Our understanding, our report, is the only public document that shows that there is an
00:36alternative.
00:37That report claims it would be hundreds of millions of dollars cheaper to refurbish the
00:42Flemington buildings rather than demolish them and start again elsewhere.
00:47We found that we could save $340 million across Flemington estate through a refurbishment
00:52and infill approach, which obviously is a huge cost saving.
00:56Just imagine the amount of heartache and money this Victorian government could save
01:01if it stopped its plans to destroy public housing in Victoria.
01:05What the Greens political party are saying to public housing tenants, that you should
01:09live on a building site for months and months and months.
01:13As Parliament returned today, the government said it would continue to focus on housing
01:17and the rest of its policy agenda, as there's only four parliamentary sitting weeks left
01:22in 2024.
01:24Meanwhile, the Liberals spent a good part of this morning locked in its party room meeting
01:28as any rumours of John Pursuito's leadership being in jeopardy were put to bet.
01:33Are you happy that there was no spill?
01:35Well, I don't know what all that was about to be honest, but everybody's focused on the
01:39job ahead.
01:40And while the Liberal leader avoided the chop, not so for a Labor minister, Gabby Williams,
01:45shaving her head in support of the state's cancer patients.
01:53And while the Liberal leader avoided the chop, not so for a Labor minister, Gabby Williams,
01:54shaving her head in support of the state's cancer patients.
01:55And while the Liberal leader avoided the chop, not so for a Labor minister, Gabby Williams,
01:56shaving her head in support of the state's cancer patients.
01:57And while the Liberal leader avoided the chop, not so for a Labor minister, Gabby Williams,
01:58shaving her head in support of the state's cancer patients.
01:59And while the Liberal leader avoided the chop, not so for a Labor minister, Gabby Williams,
02:00shaving her head in support of the state's cancer patients.
02:01And while the Liberal leader avoided the chop, not so for a Labor minister, Gabby Williams,
02:02shaving her head in support of the state's cancer patients.
02:03And while the Liberal leader avoided the chop, not so for a Labor minister, Gabby Williams,
02:04shaving her head in support of the state's cancer patients.
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