Queensland opposition calls on Crisafulli government to reconsider social housing rent reviews and save Toowong Private Hospital

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The fallout from the state government's decision to evict some social housing tenants has erupted in parliament today. The opposition seized on the move while also calling on the government to save the Toowong Private Hospital.

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00:00The housing minister under fire in the house.

00:05That is shameful.

00:06On Monday, the government announced it would launch annual reviews of social housing tenants' eligibility,

00:12with 52,000 people on the wait list.

00:15But the overhaul won't include an update of income limits, last reviewed in 2006.

00:21Can the minister advise what single mums on $46,000 a year should tell their kids

00:27when the minister kicks them out of their home?

00:30I'm not going to take lectures on social housing eligibility from the party

00:35who allowed people on six-figure salaries to live in social housing.

00:40However, the government has clarified people living in social housing are eligible to stay

00:46as long as their household income doesn't exceed $80,000 and wants an apology from Mr Miles.

00:53The government wants to incentivise tenants to downsize by offering rent-free periods

00:58to make space for people on the wait list.

01:01The opposition quizzed Sam O'Connor's living arrangements.

01:05The minister has called on people in social housing to leave their family homes

01:09to make the most of spare bedrooms.

01:11Will the minister leave by example and move out of his three-bedroom house?

01:16If it wasn't enough to get dumped from the front bench, to get given the stitch-up question

01:23of no-one else wanted to ask that.

01:26Meantime, the opposition has joined the Greens in calling for the state government

01:30to save Toowong Private Hospital, expected to close this week.

01:34The reality is we can't afford to lose these beds.

01:37What we need is the Christopher Lee government to step in here and purchase this hospital

01:42and roll it into the public network to ensure that the capacity isn't lost.

01:47The government didn't respond to questions about whether it would buy the private hospital.

01:52It says it's continuing to work with the facility to determine the impact its closure may have

01:58on public health services.

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