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Liberal leader Peter Dutton pokes fun at new Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather after criticism for not wearing a tie in Parliament

Liberal leader Peter Dutton pokes fun at new Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather after criticism for not wearing a tie in Parliament

Peter Dutton has mocked new Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather after he was criticized over not wearing a tie in Parliament with the Liberal leader declaring: “I’m just happy that the Greens were wearing shoes”.

Mr Chandler-Mather, 30, was preparing to ask a question about public housing on Wednesday when he was cut off by furious Nationals MP Pat Conaghan who called for a point of order saying: “I draw your attention to the state of undress of the member”.

Mr Conaghan later mocked the new MP further in a statement and said: “This is not a barbecue”.

“This is Question Time in the Australian Parliament. What next, board shorts and thongs? Maybe a onesie in winter,” he said.

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The Opposition Leader also weighed in on the tit-for-tat and poked fun at the Greens over the fashion choice.

“Well, I’m just happy that the Greens were wearing shoes,” Mr Dutton told Nine’s Today Show on Friday.

“I think that is a really very significant step forward. So, that was great.

“Sometimes we get away with shorts if we are on set, but, I mean, you guys are always well-dressed and you set the standard.

“We just want to follow the media celebrities. We are, as you know, we are in the ugly people’s show business, so, what can we do?”

But both Mr Chandler-Mather and Greens leader Adam Bandt failed to find the humor in the debate given the MP was asking the Prime Minister a question on public housing at the time.

Mr Chandler-Mather took to social media to express his concern that the “Coalition care more about ties” than vulnerable Australians waiting for social housing.

He was promptly supported by the party leader who mocked the Opposition for taking issue over a tie.

“A Nationals MP who hasn’t been wearing a mask all week just got angry that Max Chandler-Mather wasn’t wearing a tie,” he wrote on Twitter.

“Yes. That’s what the Coalition is angry about.

“The political establishment are completely out of touch with the struggles of working communities.”

Speaker Milton Dick promptly dismissed Mr Conaghan’s ire over the young MPs parliamentary attire at the time and permitted the member for Griffith to continue his question.

There is no official dress code in the House of Representatives with the rule book outlining “the ultimate discretion rests with the Speaker”.

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Anthony Albanese defends Labor’s housing policy as Greens accuses government of increasing waitlist to public homes

Anthony Albanese defends Labor's housing policy as Greens accuses government of increasing waitlist to public homes

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has rejected claims his government’s flagship social housing policy was denying accommodation for thousands of Australians as he hit back at the Greens for blocking developments across the country.

Labor took a slate of housing policies to the election in a bid to bolster public accommodation for vulnerable families.

The platform is a key priority for the Prime Minister who has often spoken of his own experience living in social housing.

But newly elected Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather asked Mr Albanese if the government’s plan to establish 4,000 new dwellings a year for five years would see the “waitlist grow” and deny thousands of families the “same chance”.

“I indeed do understand the importance of having a secure roof over your head, and what that can do for the opportunity to advance in life. I know it because I have lived it,” Mr Albanese said.

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“I know that the member’s political party has substantial representation in local government and what I’d encourage him to do is to actually encourage the Greens political party to back affordable housing rather than just oppose it.

“Because in my local area, when there’s been programs in Marrickville, they have been opposed.”

Demand for public housing is significantly outstripping supply with the waiting list increasing by more than 8,000 households in 2021 while less than 4,000 new dwellings came online in the same period.

The waiting list currently sits at 163,508, according to new data published by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

The Albanese Government’s $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund will build up to 30,000 new properties for vulnerable Australians over the next five years.

Up to 10,000 of those dwellings will be provided to frontline workers, with the remaining 20,000 to be allocated for vulnerable families.

Mr Chandler-Mather said the waitlist would continue to grow if only 4,000 houses were made available a year when the list has grown by an average of 7,662 a year since 2018.

The Prime Minister said the Commonwealth was committed to the issue and would continue to work with state and local governments to bolster the supply of social housing.

“We also established a National Housing Supply and Affordability Council that will work with state and local government importantly to deliver increased housing, be it social housing or affordable housing, particularly through community housing organisations,” he said.

The government has also pledged $200 million for maintenance of existing housing in indigenous communities, $100 million for crisis accommodation for women and children and $30 million for veterans at risk of homelessness.

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