RaymondPierreL3<p>Senator Mehreen Faruqi, deputy leader of the Australian Greens and spokesperson for higher education spoke out against the latest <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Dutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dutton</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> electioneering fluff (you cannot call brainfarts a policy) and managed to shame <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> ‘s inaction on <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SocialHousing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialHousing</span></a> for good measure:</p><p>“The facts are clear, we’ve seen the evidence: international students are not the cause of skyrocketing rents or unaffordable housing. That responsibility lies squarely with successive governments who have refused to build enough public housing and prioritised lining the pockets of wealthy property investors.”</p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/06/australia-election-2025-live-labor-albanese-battery-cost-of-living-coalition-dutton-education-nsw-qld-vic" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/live/2025/apr/06/australia-election-2025-live-labor-albanese-battery-cost-of-living-coalition-dutton-education-nsw-qld-vic</span></a>?</p>