‘Hard to defend’: Labor slammed after Housing Australia spends $30m without building a home

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The federal government's Housing Australia Future Fund has been called out after it was revealed $30 million had been spent without the construction of a single home.

The Labor government's Housing Australia Future Fund has been heavily criticised after it was revealed it spent $30 million without building a single home.The federal government's Housing Australia Future Fund has been called out after it was revealed $30 million had been spent without the construction of a single home.

Contractors attached to Housing Australia within the documents included 19 staff from advisory firm PwC - employed by the housing agency on salaries of more than $300,000 a year and five on more than $400,000 a year. The highest paid executive with the agency is CEO Nathan Da Bon who is sitting on a total package of $557,000 - about $30,000 less than Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Crosby laughed at the irony of being the husband of NSW Housing Minister Rose Jackson as he admitted he was conflicted by the scenario, however he maintained he couldn't hold back criticism against the federal government.

 

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