Bragg says lower-income earners should accept substandard housing as colleagues rebuke his migration target
Andrew Bragg proposed condensing the National Construction Code from nearly 2,000 pages to just 80 to get more ‘basic and safe’ homes built, doing away with ‘optional extras’ such as compulsory energy efficiency and accessibility measures. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAPView image in fullscreenAndrew Bragg proposed condensing the National Construction Code from nearly 2,000 pages to just 80 to get more ‘basic and safe’ homes built, doing away with ‘optional extras’ such as compulsory energy efficiency and accessibility measures. And I’ve been counselled not to use the term ‘Maslow’s hierarchy’, because perhaps some people don’t know what that means,” he said.“But I mean, it’s more important to have a house than to not have a house.
- ▪Andrew Bragg proposed condensing the National Construction Code from nearly 2,000 pages to just 80 to get more ‘basic and safe’ homes built, doing away with ‘optional extras’ such as compulsory energy efficiency and accessibility measures.
- ▪Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAPView image in fullscreenAndrew Bragg proposed condensing the National Construction Code from nearly 2,000 pages to just 80 to get more ‘basic and safe’ homes built, doing away with ‘optional extras’ such as compuls
- ▪And I’ve been counselled not to use the term ‘Maslow’s hierarchy’, because perhaps some people don’t know what that means,” he said.“But I mean, it’s more important to have a house than to not have a house.
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Andrew Bragg proposed condensing the National Construction Code from nearly 2,000 pages to just 80 to get more ‘basic and safe’ homes built, doing away with ‘optional extras’ such as compulsory energy efficiency and accessibility measures. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAPView image in fullscreenAndrew Bragg proposed condensing the National Construction Code from nearly 2,000 pages to just 80 to get more ‘basic and safe’ homes built, doing away with ‘optional extras’ such as compulsory energy efficiency and accessibility measures.
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