tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13936746.post112766917833023317..comments2023-10-16T18:43:33.353+11:00Comments on Diary of a Desperate Houso: Grilled MinisterDHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05362720961660684331noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13936746.post-1128126303644867672005-10-01T10:25:00.000+10:002005-10-01T10:25:00.000+10:00Hi DH,As someone else who observed the Budget Esti...Hi DH,<BR/><BR/>As someone else who observed the Budget Estimates hearing, I'd say your assessment of how Cherie Burton went is fair - she seemed to be hanging onto her officials & Govt policy rhetoric for dear life (not that either did her much good).<BR/><BR/>That said, I still hope that it's just a matter of time before she gets on top of her portfolio, sees what nonsense the Govt's policy is and starts backpedalling.<BR/><BR/>One puzzling thing: the Minister talked about <B>'social housing'</B> a few times, not as a wider housing category (inc. public & community housing) but as a synonym for public housing. And always in the context of breaking up concentrated areas of it and rationing it to the most socially disadvantaged. Why this choice of words?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com