NSW housing minister defends ‘garbled’ radio remarks on cost of renting in Sydney

Rose Jackson says answer given during hard' live ABC radio interview pertained to what she thought people should pay, not what they paid on average

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The New South Wales housing minister, Rose Jackson, says she gave a garbled" answer during a hard" live radio interview when she suggested it was possible to rent a two-bedroom apartment in Sydney for a couple of hundred bucks a week".

Jackson posted on Reddit, TikTok and Instagram on Thursday attempting to explain her words, after she was criticised for appearing to guess the answer to a question about rent prices during an interview with ABC Radio Sydney earlier this week.

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