Tanya Plibersek (Sydney, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Environment and Water) Share this | Hansard source

The Deputy Leader of the Opposition's interjecting again. I know it's not Gold Coast housing, but Darwin housing is important too.

I'll tell you who is opposed to it. The Greens political party are opposed to it—

Opposition members interjecting—

At least they are consistent. They're opposed to Defence housing in Darwin. They're opposed to social housing in Sydney and in Melbourne. They're opposed to a $10 billion fund to build more social housing, 30,000 new homes. It doesn't matter who the housing is for—whether it's women and children escaping domestic violence, whether it's veterans, whether it's Defence personnel, whether it's private renters, whether it's public housing—if it has four walls, a roof and a front door, they're agin it! The difference is we on this side know that we need extra housing, we need to put roofs over the heads of Australians, and we can better protect the environment at the same time.

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