In Perth today for the 7th Senate inquiry into intergenerational housing inequity. Heard overwhelming evidence of a housing catastrophe with house prices & rents rising multiple times faster than wages or inflation.

House prices have been growing three times faster than wages since 1999. If first home buyers are going to get a chance, we need a temporary drop in house prices. We need a public developer to build and sell homes people can actually afford. www.afr.com/property/res...

Top-end property prices hit hardest as housing slump deepens

Sydney led a national housing market downturn, tumbling 1.4 per cent in July alone as premium properties took the brunt of the fall with a 1.8 per cent decline.

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📺WATCH 📺 PERTH - Senate Select Committee on Intergenerational Housing Inequity will hold its 7th public hearing today. You can watch the livestream here: youtube.com/watch?v=B436... 11am AEST & 9am AWST

Senate Committee on Intergenerational Housing Inequity | Perth, WA | 05/08/2026

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Real wages are down 5% since Labor elected. That is a massive fall. Inflation today at 3.8% as the cost of living - rent, food, fuel, power - eats into household incomes. A true disaster for those trying to live on Jobseeker. No wonder people are cynical about the Govt.

Sally McManus & Michele O'Neil leave a powerful legacy. I've long admired their shared, steadfast commitment to collective solidarity & their principled leadership alongside each other. They've led with conviction & set the stage for the next generation of strong union leaders.

New data shows KPMG is raking in multimillion-dollar contracts despite the firm’s numerous integrity, ethics & leadership failures. As of 1 July 2026, KPMG held 8 active large govt contracts worth $51.4 million between 1 January 2026 to 30 June 2026.

The problems with KPMG are at a leadership level. Rearranging the deck chairs won't change the culture. www.afr.com/companies/pr...

KPMG announces new CEO following audit scandal fallout

Long-term partner John Sams has been promoted to KPMG chief executive, filling the role vacated when Andrew Yates resigned over the audit leaks scandal.

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What's $73m between mates? We’re still waiting for answers from the government on Walker corporation’s monstrosity of a building in Festival Plaza. And now we find out that the ATO is moving in because their office (opened in 2012) is too old.. Everyone wins (except you).

A home is allowed to just be a home. Fixing Australia’s housing crisis requires a huge investment in directly building public and social housing. Build public housing. Thanks @wilstracke.bsky.social for coming and giving evidence to the Senate Inquiry on intergenerational housing inequality!

This government is taking tiny steps in a race against a public and social housing waiting list running at full pace. Build public housing.

Three headlines from major newspapers published on the same day. The picture is clear - there are groups with vested interests in the existence of the housing crisis. But homes are for people, not profit.

Renters are paying record $$ from $600 wk in Melbourne - $850 in Sydney. At every housing inquiry hearing we're hearing stories of people struggling to keep a roof over their head. Renters need help. Rent caps, affordable rents & public housing. Now. tinyurl.com/3u4c3m6v

Australians face record-high rents as agents see 'inquiries flooding in'

Rents are soaring in several capital cities as low vacancy rates collide with rising interest rates and population growth.

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The 5th hearing of the Greens-led housing inquiry held today in Sydney, demonstrated, overwhelmingly, that Australia needs rent caps. Renters face runaway rents, deep insecurity & an impenetrable housing market - they need the financial relief that rent caps can deliver.

Today, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services published an email from newly appointed KPMG independent chair Mr Michael Ebeid to his fellow directors and others.

Labor has ganged up with the Libs to vote against the Greens’ efforts to get under 18 year-old workers paid super, denying 515,000 young workers across the country. Instead they've chosen to line the pockets of big corps with money that should be going to our 15-17 year olds.

Labor doesn't want to pay teens super. The Greens do. That's why we're fighting in the Senate today to secure super payments for all under 18's, no matter how many hours they work. Young people deserve every dollar they've earned, including their super.

The Greens have secured amendments to the govt’s Bill that will protect workers' pay & conditions & empower unions during IR disputes. These changes will boost protections for workers during bargaining & in particular support educators, teachers and firefighters.

I wrote to Katy Gallagher, Minister for Finance & Public Sector, calling for the govt to cease KPMG’s ethics & leadership training in the APS. KPMG has a $1.27 mil contract to run training for 300 public servants. The contract runs until Dec 2026 w' poss of extension to Dec 2028.

Should Labor terminate its $1.3m contract with KPMG. to train public sector leaders in ethics? Hmmmm

Investors with seven or more properties are claiming billions in tax handouts while the average Australian struggles with secure housing, rents and mortgages.

KPMG chairman Martin Sheppard and senior auditors are set to resign but so much more needs to be done to fix the rot throughout KPMG & the regulatory failure of the Big 4.

Today we were united in grilling KPMG over accusations of sharing confidential client information to rig audit tenders, using AI to cheat on internal exams, breaching audit independence & mistreating a whistleblower. How can the govt continue to justify using KPMG’s services?

KPMG made $114 million from 149 contract amendments on top of their initial $73 million in head contracts in this financial year, Austender data shows. This means KPMG made more money from government contract amendments than from initial contracts it secured (as of 5 June 2026).

Adelaide has one of the tightest and most unaffordable housing markets in the country, we heard today at the 4th hearing of the inquiry into intergenerational housing inequity. Today’s evidence is clear: Labor has failed South Australians on housing.

The Greens have referred KPMG to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) for suspected corruption breaches, in the wake of recent multiple scandals, including allegations of misusing confidential client information to get more audit work & mistreating a whistleblower.

Today at the Greens-led Senate inquiry into intergenerational housing inequity we heard the story of younger generations being ripped off, locked out of the market, forced into insecure housing & delaying major life decisions. Successive governments have failed young people.

Newly compiled data from the Parliamentary Library reveals Labor currently has 297 active contracts with KPMG - total value of $653 million. Despite multiple scandals, the Government continues to employ KPMG’s service. This government is completely addicted to KPMG.

Brisbane hearing for the Greens inquiry into intergenerational housing inequity revealed the human cost of the housing crisis. Australia is a rich country. We can't accept losing 9 people a day to the housing crisis. People need to be off the streets & in safe & secure housing.

Time to act. Rot spans far and wide. Greens call for KPMG government ban over ethical breaches www.crikey.com.au/2026/06/10/k...

'Rot spans far and wide': Greens call for KPMG government ban over ethical breaches

Greens Senator Barbara Pocock is going after KPMG in the same manner in which she pursued PwC Australia over its tax leaks scandal.

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The Brisbane hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Intergenerational Housing Inequity, which I'm Chairing, has begun. You can watch it here: 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNI5...

Senate Select Committee on Intergenerational Housing Inequity | Brisbane, QLD | 10/06/2026

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