Tanya Plibersek (Sydney, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Housing) Share this | Hansard source

It is terrific to have a housing spokesperson who opposes investment in housing. Mr Speaker, this week we have received reports from states and territories that as at the end of April repairs and maintenance had been completed on almost 10,000 homes—9,073 homes, individual dwellings—and work had commenced on a thousand more. That work is right across Australia. We know that the opposition voted against building more social housing dwellings. They voted against the repairs and maintenance and they voted against the jobs that are delivered by this work. The government has taken strong and decisive action to support infrastructure building for the future and support jobs today, and it would be great if the opposition got on board.

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