Recall that failed Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil, who drove the rental crisis by overseeing the largest immigration spike in the nation’s history, was appointed Australia’s Housing Minister because she excels at spin.
She [O’Neil] remains in cabinet and has now moved to minister for housing and homelessness — a portfolio that needed a stronger communicator at a time when anger about housing is at record highs.
The government believes the housing portfolio needs its strongest, sharpest public performer since the housing debate has been largely lost by Labor so far.
