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The shadow housing minister, Andrew Bragg, did not mean to suggest he supported substandard houses being built as part of his proposal to reduce nearly 2,000 pages of building standard requirements to 80 pages.
The NSW senator wrote on social media he had misheard the question, adding âhouses built to this standard would be strong, safe and sound homes with all the basic amenity, such as insulation, plumbing, sewerage etcâ.
double quotation markI did not intend to agree that houses complying with the Basic Australian Standard would be âsubstandardâ. They wouldnât be.
Former Victorian premier Jacinta Allan quitting politics at the November election
Jacinta Allan will not contest the November state election. (ABC News: Anna McGuinness)
Jacinta Allan has announced she will not run for re-election in November, after standing down as Victorian premier just over two weeks ago.
Ms Allan has been in politics for 27 years, making her the youngest Victorian woman elected into parliament and Australia's longest serving female minister.
She used her speech to reflect on deteriorating social cohesion and debate, urging the community not to let fear and untruths divide it.
Former Victorian premier Jacinta Allan has announced she's leaving politics, after stepping down from the Labor leadership just over a fortnight ago.
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