The developer and rich lister has broken his silence to apologise to tradies for the “wrong” comments he made calling for job losses to improve productivity.
about unemployment and productivity which were “wrong” and “deeply insensitive to employees, tradies and families”.
“There are clearly important conversations to have in this environment of high inflation, pricing pressures on housing and rentals due to a lack of supply, and other cost of living issues. “I want to be clear: I do appreciate that when someone loses their job it has a profound impact on them and their families and I sincerely regret that my words did not convey empathy for those in that situation,” he concluded.
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