Senate Select Committee on Intergenerational Housing Inequity (part 1 of 2)
14 June 2026
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Senate Select Committee on Intergenerational Housing Inequity Australian Parliament
10:23 - 12:26
Speaker 1
Open this hearing of the senate select committee on intergenerational housing inequity, and I begin by acknowledging the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet, pay my respects to their elders past and present, and I extend that respect to all First Nations, aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who are here today. Committee will be conducting today's hearing in person and remotely. Committee members participating today include myself, as chair, and joining us remotely are senators Kavacic, Mulholland, and Brown. Thanks everyone for being here. I know everyone's diaries are very pressed at the moment, and I really appreciate, people making the time amidst all of that.
These are public proceedings being video streamed live via the parliament's website, and a hand san transcript is being made. I remind witnesses that in giving evidence to the committee, they're protected by parliamentary privilege. It's unlawful for anyone to threaten or disadvantage a witness on account of the evidence they give the committee, and such action may be treated as a contempt. Also, it's a contempt to give false or misleading evidence. Witnesses also have a right to request to be heard in camera.
If a witness objects to answering a question, they should state the ground on which the objection is made, and the committee will determine whether it will insist on an answer having re... Regards to the ground on which it's claimed. If the committee determines to insist on an answer, a witness may request the answer be given in camera. I also remind witnesses who are appearing via video conference and who are not speaking, to mute their microphones. So thank you, professor Rachel Viforge and associate professor Ben Phillips.
We welcome you both, to give your evidence today, and thank you for your submission, Professor Vitorj, a a very interesting submission, and thanks for you for you also for being here, especially professor Phillips, given your very long history and interest and expertise in these issues. I understand that information on parliamentary privilege and protection of witnesses giving evidence to committee has been provided to you both. Yes. Have you received that? Great.
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