Australians are in chronic housing stress. Can Clare O’Neil fix it?

‘Whether Clare O’Neil’s entry will bring in any substantial positive change to the housing crisis is still up in the air.’ Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Following Anthony Albanese’s recent cabinet shake-up, the new housing and homelessness minister, Clare O’Neil, was quick to express empathy for troubled renters, touting Labor’s $32bn housing investment and describing the ambitious target of constructing 1.2m homes as “genuinely radical”.

But does O’Neil bring anything new to the table? Not necessarily – at least not on the policy front.