Page 1563 - Week 05 - Wednesday, 10 May 2017
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MS BERRY: I am not sure what the emails are that Mr Hanson is talking to. I have always been very clear that the size of the developments on those sites was something that we wanted to talk with the community about.
MR HANSON: Minister, how can ordering that sites increase yields to 30 or 32 in a single development be described as “salt and pepper”?
MS BERRY: “Salt and pepper” is how we describe the city’s public housing being distributed across the city in every suburb. I think the whole idea behind this program is to renew public housing that is old and unsustainable, moving high concentrations of disadvantage and spreading them out through the suburbs all across the city.
Mr Hanson: The whole purpose is to free up Northbourne for asset recycling.
MS BERRY: You can say what you like about it, but we already know that—
MADAM SPEAKER: Minister, I wouldn’t respond to interjections.
MS BERRY: It is important to note—
Mr Hanson interjecting—
MADAM SPEAKER: Mr Hanson, stop interjecting.
MS BERRY: the conversations that we were having here this morning, when Ms Lawder, Mrs Jones, Mr Hanson, Mr Steel, Mr Coe, Ms Le Couteur and I were all talking about it this morning. We were all in firm agreement that we support public housing. But the comments coming from Mr Hanson today are kind of indicating that maybe he does not support public housing, and does not support public housing in the way that we are trying to—
Mr Hanson interjecting—
MADAM SPEAKER: Mr Hanson, can you be quiet.
MS BERRY: have a conversation with the community about. I have said, from the very beginning, that the size of the dwellings would always be something that we wanted to talk about with the community. We are encouraging people to continue that conversation with us, so that we can ensure that the existing community—
Mr Hanson interjecting—
MADAM SPEAKER: Mr Hanson, please.
MS BERRY: can better support new residents who move into their suburbs in newer, more sustainable, better quality housing.
MR STEEL: Minister, how large are some of the developments being replaced?
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