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Circling back to the interview with Tammy Tyrrell. Tyrrell wants to see the government invest at least 4% of its multibillion-dollar social housing plan in Tasmania. She says it's only fair, as a government survey shows 4.6% of people most in need of housing support are in Tasmania.
Tyrrell says she will be meeting next week with the housing minister, Julie Collins, about the request.
They haven't shut me down. They haven't said no, but they haven't said yes.
It's absolutely fundamental to everything that I do. My job is to represent the people of Indi in the federal parliament and in doing that, I try my darnedest to connect policy to the people to the policy, every single time.
So I go to them when I have to make a decision about a piece of legislation I may not be clear on. And I go to them and explain why I've made the decision I have once that legislation is through the parliament.
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