Overnight With Michael Mclaren

Mike speaks with Paul Nicolaou, Executive Director of Business Sydney, who is urging the government to engage a 'housing commissioner' to address Sydney's rising amount of homeless. With homelessness rates back to record levels amid the cost-of-living crisis, Nicolaou says it’s “disturbing” to see so many back on the streets during winter. He calls on the government and City of Sydney to work together to repurpose older buildings for crisis accommodation, warning, “If societies are judged by how they treat the vulnerable, we are clearly failing.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.