Housing roundtable hosted by Senator Bridget McKenzie

Senator Bridget McKenzie speaks about housing and outdated sewage treatment plants.

Transcript

00:00We've heard of towns here today that had a sewerage plant constructed in the 1940s and

00:06it's still expected to do the work of all the population growth.

00:10State governments used to be in charge of that.

00:12They're no longer funding that in the same way and indeed what we're also seeing is local

00:18governments being hit with the rate cap which is great for ratepayers but it means they

00:23have a declining source of revenue to really pay for this.

00:28So someone has to face up and say it's all good and well to say we'll build 1.2 million

00:35homes, we're going to pour 1.5 million extra people in, we're going to restrict the skilled

00:43migration list when it comes to trades and we're not going to help you get the sewerage

00:48power and connectivity on.

00:51That is a recipe for disaster when it comes to home ownership.