Clare O'Neil (Hotham, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Housing) Share this | Hansard source

Despite all the carping from those opposite, the proof is in the pudding, because year-on-year housing approvals in this country are now up 30 per cent since the same time last year. It hasn't happened by accident. You saw our government make some really important announcements yesterday on the supply side. We're building on our $43 billion housing agenda. We've announced a pause and streamline of the National Construction Code so we can let builders get on with building. We've also announced that we're going to fast-track environmental approvals for more than 26,000 homes. The Property Council said that these measures alone are going to unlock tens of thousands of new homes for Australians. We need to keep on building. That's the only answer here, and that's why that's exactly what our government is doing.

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