Labor has failed in its first attempt at rental reform, backflipping on the secret rent bidding ban and abandoning the measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Opposition Leader Mark Speakman said that it was clear that Labor hadn\u2019t done the work in developing legislation to ban secret rent bidding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Government rushed the process, did not properly consult and ignored warnings,\u201d Mr Speakman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s day 74 and the broken promises are mounting. They\u2019re backflipping on election promises. They promised to ban secret rental bidding and have now backflipped. They promised to roll over Active Kids and are now looking to cancel it. They promised that extra wage increases would cost nothing and be offset with productivity gains but it\u2019s now going to cost $618 million per annum. They promised no privatisation but they\u2019re now looking to privatise public land.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shadow Fair Trading Minister Tim James said the government should have never attempted to introduce such under prepared policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLabor has let down renters. During a rental affordability crisis we need a government that understands the issues facing the people of NSW instead of making life harder.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf Labor did the homework, and listened to the community and experts earlier, it wouldn\u2019t be forced into a backflip on this poorly conceived idea that everyone had said would inflate rents,\u201d said Mr James.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe government needs to explain why they ignored repeated warnings that this policy will create a rental auction that fuels rent increases, putting a home further out of reach for millions of NSW renters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis flawed process has placed uncertainty and anxiety on renters and the property industry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Speakman said the people of NSW deserve better from their government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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