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Parliament House, Tasmania

Government Failures

The terrible state of the health system continues to be highlighted every day in the media.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  14 Sep 2023


Air View of Houses

Homes Tasmania - Impact of Property Acquisitions from Private Market

The Government's policy is to invest $1.5 billion in Housing over the next 10 years to build and acquire 10 000 homes.

Vica Bayley MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  13 Sep 2023


A family of tenants in their front yard.

Matter of Public Importance - Housing

We see the Homes Tasmania strategy, the Tasmanian Housing strategy, and note that it is a glossy document that contains numerous very welcome commitments.

Vica Bayley MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  13 Sep 2023


Air View of Houses

Short-Stay Accommodation - Regulation of the Market

Another week and another devastating report about the negative impact of short-stay accommodation on the long-term rental market.

Vica Bayley MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  12 Sep 2023


A family of tenants in their front yard.

Rental Laws

Our public housing waiting list has more than doubled in size under this Government, and is now an average of 80 weeks.

Vica Bayley MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  16 Aug 2023


Air View of Houses

Time for Rockliff to Support Real Rights for Renters

It's time the Liberals finally recognised the needs of renters by supporting the national push for changes to rental laws, and by taking action at a state level

Vica Bayley MP  |  Media Release  |  16 Aug 2023


Air View of Houses

Housing First

Given it is Homelessness Week, it seems timely to focus on what can be done to prevent homelessness.

Vica Bayley MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  10 Aug 2023


Homeless Man

Homes Tasmania - Budget Requests

As you are well aware, the community sector's request for funding support in the state Budget was not met.

Vica Bayley MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  10 Aug 2023


Air View of Houses

Critical Housing Needs Ignored by Rockliff Government

The Treasurer has all but confirmed that critical funding requests from its new statutory housing authority have been denied

Vica Bayley MP  |  Media Release  |  10 Aug 2023


Homeless Man

Homelessness Week

Delivering on this for Tasmania is going to take more than simple statements and selective repeat quoting of inadequate budget figures.

Vica Bayley MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  8 Aug 2023


Parliament House, Tasmania

Estimates Reply – Barnett

There were interesting discussions across the Estimates table with Mr Barnett, some of them more productive than others.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  21 Jun 2023


Bureaucracy, Professional with Paperwork

State Development, Construction and Housing – Housing Waitlist

Extend your mind back to the beginning of your colleagues' contribution towards the housing crisis we're experiencing now.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  6 Jun 2023


House of Assembly, Tasmania

State Development, Construction and Housing – Housing Constituents

Minister, like all members of parliament, our office receives constant contact from constituents who are either homeless or getting a rent increase.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  6 Jun 2023


Homeless Man

Typical Liberal Budget Fails Tasmanians In Need

The Liberals have handed down a Budget that only grudgingly lifts a pinky finger for Tasmanians in need.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  25 May 2023


A family of tenants in their front yard.

Short Stay Accommodation - Effect on Rental Market

Tasmania is the most savage, unaffordable rental market in the nation and we have the fastest growing rate of homelessness.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  24 May 2023


AFL

Stadium Announcement a Betrayal

Today's announcement of $240 million in Federal funding for unwanted, unneeded Macquarie Point stadium is a betrayal of the Tasmanian people. 

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  29 Apr 2023


A family of tenants in their front yard.

Rental Affordability Snapshot an Indictment on Rockliff Liberals

Anglicare’s annual Rental Affordability Snapshot, released today, has again highlighted the depths of the state’s rental crisis

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  27 Apr 2023


Four Young People Sitting on Ledge

Short Stay Accommodation Out of Control

Another day, another secure tenancy coming to an abrupt end as another whole home is set to go on to the short stay market.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  19 Apr 2023


Homeless Man

Census Lays Liberals’ Homelessness Failure Bare

New data on the massive increase in homelessness in Tasmania is deeply distressing, and again highlights the need for urgent action from government

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  23 Mar 2023


Parliament House, Tasmania

Liberal Government Priorities

Just who do you govern for? It is certainly not for the battlers or everyday Tasmanians.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  28 Feb 2023


House of Assembly, Tasmania

Who Does Jeremy Rockliff Govern For?

Who is Premier Rockliff governing for? It’s not battlers, or everyday Tasmanians. 

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  28 Feb 2023


Air View of Houses

Empty Homes Levy Needed

The Greens are proud to jointly launch a new Parliamentary Petition with the Tasmanian University Students Association, calling for an empty homes levy

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  21 Feb 2023


Air View of Houses

Up To Liberals To Rein in Short Stay

A new Planning Commission decision shows it’s the Liberal Government's responsibility to rein in short stay and curb the rental crisis. 

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  18 Feb 2023


Air View of Houses

More Evidence of Liberals' Housing Failure

The Productivity Commission’s Report on Government Services (RoGS) has exposed the Rockliff Government’s failure to tackle the housing and rental crisis.  

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  24 Jan 2023


Air View of Houses

Rental Crisis Deepens

Newly released data shows the unaffordability of Tasmania’s rental market continues to worsen, with rents expected to keep going up and up.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  11 Jan 2023


Hobart, Tasmania

Liberals Must Act on Soaring Rents

Newly released data demonstrates once more the urgent need for the Rockliff Government to protect renters from soaring rents and unfair eviction

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  29 Nov 2022


A family of tenants in their front yard.

Social Housing - Issues

The Greens support this motion and we believe it is written in such a way that is fact-rich and unarguable in its intent.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  26 Oct 2022


Parliament House, Tasmania

Proposed Stadium Development - Opposition

If people need an ambulance in Tasmania right now, there is significant uncertainty about whether it will arrive in time.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  19 Oct 2022


Houses, Construction

Tasmanian Housing Crisis

The rolling 12-month average for time to house priority applicants is now 71.2 weeks, up from 58.9 weeks a year ago.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  19 Oct 2022


Air View of Houses

Rent Stress Confirms Need for Liberals, Labor to Support Greens’ Bill

It's time for the Liberal and Labor parties to get on board with the Greens' Bill to fix the state's rental laws.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  13 Oct 2022


Houses, Construction

Investment in Infrastructure

Our issue, as Greens, is the type of infrastructure that government prioritises.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  28 Sep 2022


Parliament House, Tasmania

Government Priorities - Proposed Stadium Development

People are dying on the elective surgery waiting list, or while waiting for an ambulance or ramped outside emergency departments.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  27 Sep 2022


Parliament House, Tasmania

Springvale Student Accommodation - Closure

What the House needs to understand is that it is the Education minister's decision alone which lead to the closure of the Springvale Student Accommodation.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  23 Aug 2022


A family of tenants in their front yard.

Select Committee - Private Rental Market

We have tried in this place a number of times to get parliament to take the issue of soaring, unjustifiable rent increases seriously.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  17 Aug 2022


Dogs, Happy, Poking Heads Through Gap in Fence

Tasmania Should Follow Queensland’s Lead on Pets in Rental Homes

Pets are beloved companions and family members. People who choose to have furry companions shouldn’t be refused housing on that basis.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  5 Jul 2022


Air View of Houses

Shelter Tas Report Demands Action on Short Stay Accommodation

New information on short stay accommodation’s impact on the Tasmanian rental markets highlights the urgent need for the Rockliff Government to step in.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  1 Jul 2022


takayna / tarkine, Tasmania

Estimates Reply - Barnett

I am going to focus on two areas, the need to urgently build more social and affordable homes, an of course, his Resources portfolio.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  15 Jun 2022


Houses, Construction

State Development, Construction and Housing – Rental Affordability

That would be an amazing achievement, minister, if you could pull that off, particularly given the track record.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  7 Jun 2022


Parliament House, Tasmania

State Development, Construction and Housing – Constituent Issues

As you well know Minister, there is a human face to the housing portfolio and in some ways, it is the most challenging and rewarding part of the work.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  7 Jun 2022


Money, Australian Dollars, Notes

Treasurer – Land Tax Cuts

Was there any advice provided by Treasury in respect of the land tax adjustments that were passed this year?

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  7 Jun 2022


Houses, Construction

Infrastructure and Transport – Housing

We have 54 per cent of the infrastructure budget allocated towards roads and bridges, and just 15 per cent to human services and housing.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  7 Jun 2022


Parliament House, Tasmania

Workplace Safety and Consumer Affairs – Tasmanian Residential Rental Property Owners Association

Did the $100 000 grant funding to TRRPOA have any obligations, reporting requirements or KPIs of any kind attached or was it no strings attached?

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  6 Jun 2022


AFL

Greens’ Support for Tasmanian AFL and AFLW Teams

Our firm support for the State’s AFL bid, however, did not include backing in a new stadium – and will not. 

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  10 Jun 2022


Houses, Construction

Budget 2022-23 - Affordable Housing Strategy

In the past eight years, according to the Productivity Commission, only 578 additional properties have been delivered.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  31 May 2022


Economy, Finance, Calculator, Pen and Graph

Rising Cost of Living in Tasmania

It is very disappointing to see such a tepid, lazy and populist approach to cost of living from Labor.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  4 May 2022


House of Assembly, Tasmania

Commonwealth Games - Government's Plan

This is about a government that is more focused on bread and circuses than the bread and butter of the lives of Tasmanians. It is a clear distraction technique.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  23 Mar 2022


Economy, Finance, Calculator, Pen and Graph

Land Tax Rating Amendment Bill 2022

For at least a decade, the Department of Treasury and Finance as well as independent economists have warned that Tasmania's own source revenue is too low.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  22 Mar 2022


Parliament House, Tasmania

Reply to Premier's Address

First, I acknowledge the Aboriginal people of Tasmania, I acknowledge 219 years of dispossession from landscape and violence towards First Nations people.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  8 Mar 2022


Money, Australian Dollars, Notes

Government Spending Priorities

This week you announced a $750 million stadium to be built within five years and $1.5 billion to be built in 10 years.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  3 Mar 2022


Houses, Construction

Premier Prioritising Mega Stadium Over Homes for Tasmanians

This week the Premier announced a $750 million mega stadium to be built within five years - while allocating $1.5 billion for housing to be built in ten years.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  3 Mar 2022


Money, Australian Dollars, Notes

Land Tax - Effect on Rental Properties

Over the past two days you have announced a stadium with a retractable roof, and a massive cut to land tax.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  1 Mar 2022


Houses, Construction

Premier’s Land Tax Lies

Peter Gutwein farcically claims his land tax gift to investors will bring down rents, he was, of course, unable to explain.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  1 Mar 2022


Air View of Houses

Gutwein’s Land Tax Cut for Propertied Class Leaves Battlers in the Cold

In a monumental, but wholly transparent "look over there", Premier Gutwein has handed a land tax cut to well off property investors.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  28 Feb 2022


Air View of Houses

Greens Back Tenants Union Call for Vacant Resident Tax

Figures released today by the Tenants Union of Tasmania confirm there are at least 563 empty homes in the greater Hobart area alone.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  18 Feb 2022


Air View of Houses

ROGS Data Confirms Massive Fail on Housing and Homelessness

The latest ROGS data confirms in hard numbers the Liberals’ failure to invest in increasing supply of social and affordable housing.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  25 Jan 2022


Air View of Houses

Liberals’ Housing Waiting List Shame

The housing waiting list has more than doubled since the Liberals took office. Now new data shows the average wait time for priority applicants is 18 months

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  26 Nov 2021


Air View of Houses

Public Housing Availability

Almost every day of the week our office is contacted by Tasmanians desperate for a place to live.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  23 Nov 2021


Houses, Construction

Housing Waitlist More Than Doubles Under Liberals

Tasmania’s public housing waiting list has now more than doubled since the Liberals took government, data released today confirms.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  29 Oct 2021


A family of tenants in their front yard.

Hobart Rental Prices Keep Climbing, More Tenants in Financial Distress

New CoreLogic data is yet another reminder of the worsening housing crisis in Tasmania, and the desperate need for government to take action

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  27 Oct 2021


A family of tenants in their front yard.

Estimates Reply – Attorney-General

On 7 May, Ms Louise Elliot established an 'Elliot for Council' page. On 13 May this year, TRPPOA applied for funding.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  16 Sep 2021


Air View of Houses

Tasmanian Residential Rental Property Owners Association

The Tasmanian Residential Rental Property Owners Association spent much of the state election promoting the Liberal Party and its candidate, Simon Behrakis.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  15 Sep 2021


Homeless Man

State Development - Homelessness and Housing

The number of people who are in housing stress and experiencing homelessness has gone up.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  7 Sep 2021


Houses, Construction

Treasury - Housing Funding

The Labor-Greens government left the housing waiting list at its lowest level in a decade and built nearly 2500 new homes within four years.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  6 Sep 2021


Green Economics

Budget Reply

I am proud to stand and deliver our alternative Budget on behalf of the Tasmanian Greens.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  1 Sep 2021


A family of tenants in their front yard.

Tasmanian Residential Rental Property Owners Association - Government Funding

The incorporation documents for this association show their only current office bearer is Ms Louise Elliot, the president and public officer.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  1 Sep 2021


Houses, Construction

Social Housing Supply

The Budget papers reveal the consequences of seven years of underfunding social housing supply.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  31 Aug 2021


Houses, Construction

Liberals' Housing Failures Pile Up

The Liberals’ lack of genuine motivation to fix the housing crisis was again on display in Parliament today

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  31 Aug 2021


Money, Australian Dollars, Notes

Gutwein’s Band-Aid Budget

After eight years of underfunding health, housing, education, skills, and corrections, the Liberals have delivered a Band-Aid Budget

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  26 Aug 2021


Air View of Houses

Greens Table Legislation to Protect Tenants

The Greens tabled the Residential Tenancy (Rental Market Reform) Amendment Bill 2021 in Parliament today.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  30 Jun 2021


Air View of Houses

Housing Waiting List Ballooning Under Liberals

More than 4000 Tasmanians are languishing in stress on the soaring public housing waiting list.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  3 Jun 2021


Air View of Houses

New CoreLogic Data Confirms Need for Rent Controls, Short Stay Reform

The March 2021 Quarterly Rental Review, just released by CoreLogic, highlights the urgent need for rent controls and short stay accommodation reform. 

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  28 Apr 2021


Wrest Point Casino, Federal Group, Tasmania

Leaders' Debate

Peter Gutwein and Rebecca White having a Leaders debate, organised by the Property Council at Wrest Point casino, says everything about their priorities.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  15 Apr 2021


Air View of Houses

Residential Rent Increases

The ACT model, which is a modest policy approach of rent increases being restrained to CPI plus 10 per cent of CPI, has been in place since 1997.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  24 Mar 2021


Air View of Houses

Residential Tenancy (Rent Control) Amendment Bill 2021

The Residential Tenancy (Rent Control) Amendment Bill 2021 replaces the current unworkable rent control provisions in the Residential Tenancy Act of 1997.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  24 Mar 2021


Houses, Construction

Labor, Liberals, Ogilvie Let Down Tenants

The Greens’ move to protect tenants from unreasonable rent increases was voted down by Labor, the Liberals and Madeleine Ogilvie in Parliament today. 

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  24 Mar 2021


Parliament House, Tasmania

Cassy O'Connor Reply to Premier's Address

The world is in the grip of a pandemic and here in Tasmania, of course, there has been suffering.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  18 Mar 2021


Air View of Houses

Housing and Rental Affordability

The Real Estate Institute of Australia says Tasmania's rental affordability is now the worst in the nation.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  18 Mar 2021


Air View of Houses

Greens Table Rent Control Legislation

We were proud to table the Residential Tenancy (Rent Control) Amendment Bill 2021 today on behalf of all Tasmanian tenants.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  18 Mar 2021


Air View of Houses

Rents are Soaring, Liberals Oblivious, Parliament Must Act

Tasmania’s deepening housing crisis requires an urgent response and cooperation across non-government parties and independents in Parliament.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  28 Feb 2021


Homeless Man

Two Weeks Before Rental Protections Expire To Leave Tenants More Vulnerable

The Premier must extend rental protections to avoid major social fallout while the economy is still struggling and a deadly virus rages across the globe.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  17 Jan 2021


Homeless Man

New Figures Show Deepening Housing Crisis

The latest Human Services Dashboard figures reveal Tasmania’s housing crisis is deepening.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  15 Jan 2021


Air View of Houses

Labor Needs to Stand with Tenants

Tasmanian Labor needs to take a position on the looming expiry of COVID-19 emergency tenancy protections on 31 January.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  14 Jan 2021


Homeless Man

Gutwein Government Leaving Homeless Tasmanians Out in the Cold

The latest Australian Institute of Health and Welfare research reveals less than half the homeless Tasmanians looking for shelter received it in the past year.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  12 Dec 2020


Supreme Court, Hobart, Tasmania

Corrections – Bail Hostel

Tasmania's housing crisis has impacted on the ability of accused people to successfully get bail, for no other reason than that they lack stable accommodation.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  25 Nov 2020


Air View of Houses

Archer and Jaensch Both Responsible for Decision to Weaken Tenancy Laws

Minister Archer, today refused to reveal the reason for her proposal to strip essential tenancy protections from the Residential Tenancy Act. 

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  14 Oct 2020


Air View of Houses

Community Sector Calls on Jaensch to Rule Out Tenancy Changes

Community sector organisations working at the front line of housing disadvantage have written to Housing Minister, Roger Jaensch, today calling on him to rule o

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  9 Oct 2020


Air View of Houses

Housing Matter of Public Importance

It was not until there was clear and distressing evidence of a housing crisis that this Liberal Government made sure there was new money going into Housing.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  22 Sep 2020


Homeless Man

Greens Urge MLCs to Amend Begging Bill

The Greens urge MLCs to vote against the increased police ‘move on’ powers in Section 5 of the government’s Begging Bill.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  18 Sep 2020


Homeless Man

Government Must Commit to Ending Homelessness Crisis

The Gutwein government must commit to a comprehensive plan to end the homelessness crisis.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  3 Aug 2020


Air View of Houses

Housing Quarterly Report Shows Need for a Housing Led Recovery

The Gutwein Government is making some inroads in to the critical housing supply shortage but progress remains too slow.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  29 May 2020


Homeless Man

More Coordinated Support for Homeless Urgently Needed

Reports that homeless Tasmanians are being turned away from Hobart’s Safe Night Space centre must be urgently addressed by Minister Jaensch.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  27 May 2020


Houses, Construction

A Housing Led Recovery for Tasmania

The Tasmanian Greens today released the first pillar in our plan for Tasmania’s recovery from COVID-19.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  23 May 2020


Houses, Construction

Social and Affordable Housing Key to Recovery

Significant investment in social and affordable housing would kickstart Tasmania’s social and economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  3 May 2020


Air View of Houses

Housing Inquiry Report Confirms Need for Major Reform

An increase in funding for social housing, rent reform and curbs on short stay accommodation are essential to tackling Tasmania’s housing crisis.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  14 Feb 2020


Air View of Houses

Big Business over the Majority of Tasmanians

Cassy O'Connor questions the Premier over his repeated prioritisation of big business over Tasmanians.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  28 Nov 2019


Air View of Houses

Housing Affordability

There is no question that we are in the middle of a housing crisis and homelessness rates are increasing.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  27 Nov 2019


Homeless Man

Senator Abetz, the Hardest of Hearts

Liberal Senator, Eric Abetz, needs to get out of his office more and talk to Tasmanians who are homeless or desperately searching for a place to live.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  20 Jun 2019


Houses, Construction

Infrastructure and Jobs

The kind of infrastructure the House needs to be debating more is social infrastructure, housing infrastructure, 21st century infrastructure.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  13 Jun 2019


Air View of Houses

Estimates Reply - Minister Courtney

The Residential Tenancy Act, as the Government would know, is an act which has many parts of it that need to be updated.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  12 Jun 2019


Homeless Man

Housing and Homelessness

Here we are again in this House, on this day, debating one of the most critically important issues confronting this parliament and the entire state of Tasmania.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  12 Jun 2019


Air View of Houses

Housing Tasmania High Court challenge

The Government will not rule out a further expenditure of public funds to try to make it easier for Housing Tasmania to evict people into homelessness.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  12 Jun 2019


Homeless Man

Housing Crisis

The Government today stands accused by one of their own of 'not giving a shit about the homeless'.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  12 Jun 2019


Supreme Court, Hobart, Tasmania

Liberals' Housing Protection Racket

The Liberals have used their numbers once again to prevent debate on the capacity of another failing Minister. This time, Housing Minister, Roger Jaensch. 

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  12 Jun 2019


Air View of Houses

Estimates Reply - Minister Jaensch

There is a surge in the budget allocation that runs out next year for child safety services.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  11 Jun 2019


Lonely Child

Budget 2019-20 - Essential Services Funding

The elective surgery waiting list has soared, along with time spent in the emergency department, yet there is no new money for health in this year's budget.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  28 May 2019


Green Economics

Budget Reply Speech

Cassy O'Connor delivers a budget reply speech for the 2019-20 state Budget, and speaks to alternative policies in the Greens' Alternative Budget.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  29 May 2019


Homeless Man

Homelessness

Let us be really clear about where this began, where this crisis started. It started in 2014, that is a fact.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  21 May 2019


Air View of Houses

Short Stay Accommodation Bill 2018

Anglicare produces an annual snapshot of the rental market focusing on people who earn the least.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  1 May 2019


Houses, Construction

Select Committee into Housing Affordability

We will be supporting the Labor Party's motion to establish a select committee for this purpose. It is important that we use every tool we have in the box.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  1 May 2019


Air View of Houses

Public Housing

Cassy O'Connor speaks to Labor's Matter of Public Importance on Public Housing, discussing the housing crisis and inadequate tenancy law.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  9 Apr 2019


Air View of Houses

Emergency Accommodation Requirements

Since Estimates the Minister for Housing has not had to respond in any public sense to an unresolved housing crisis.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  29 Aug 2018


Houses, Construction

Full Debate - Short-stay Accommodation and Housing Crisis

In Greater Hobart, at least 1993 properties are listed on just one short stay platform, more than double the amount listed in 2016.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  13 Jun 2018


Air View of Houses

Housing Crisis - Regulation of Short Stay Accommodation

The data reveals that between July 2016 and February 2018 an extra 2200 properties were listed on Airbnb and it is clear we have not yet reached peak Airbnb.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  13 Jun 2018


Air View of Houses

Jaensch Tinkering While Housing Crisis Escalates

Minster Jaensch’s response to the escalating housing crisis is completely out of touch.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  7 Jun 2018


Air View of Houses

Housing - Effect of Short-Stay Accommodation on Rental Market

A short time ago you challenged us to put forward solutions to the housing emergency. Here are two that the Greens took to the last election.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  23 May 2018


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Housing - Confidence in Minister for Housing

Hobart has become Australia's least affordable capital city - the hardest place to both find and afford a home in the rental market.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  23 May 2018


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Domain Figures Confirm Escalating Housing Emergency

Hobart rents are now rivalling Melbourne’s, in figures released today by Domain.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  12 Apr 2018


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New Housing Minister Has Urgent Task

Mr Jaensch faces the most pressing task of any of the newly sworn in Cabinet members.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  20 Mar 2018