Josh Burns (Macnamara, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

The member for Wannon is still going. Take a seat man; have an aspirin. It was the good old days when the Liberal Party used to support first home buyers. In 2019, the previous member for Deakin said that it can take up to 10 years to save for a full 20 per cent deposit. There was also another person who said:

…anything that encourages young people to save for their first home—or, in fact, save at all—has got to be a good thing.

That was, in fact, Sussan Ley, the Leader of the Opposition, back in 2008. She also said: 'First home buyers are finding it harder to borrow money in 2023.' But you can't listen to the Leader of the Opposition to work out what their policies are. You've got to go to Liberal Party conferences around the country, or you've got to go and listen to what the shadow ministers are saying because they're the ones who are really dictating the policies of those sitting opposite.

There's one person who's been very busy, and he's been commenting on our five per cent home deposit scheme. This person called it 'absolute insanity'; that's fighting words from them. They even called it 'a crazy idea that the nation can't afford'. Who was that? It wasn't the Leader of the Opposition. It was the Liberal spokesperson for housing.

Australians are voting in their droves, because on Monday thousands of Australians visited the Housing Australia website to try and get some information about our five per cent home deposit scheme. They know this side of the House backs first home buyers. This side of the House wants people to get into the housing market, and those opposite are only interested in undermining the Leader of the Opposition.

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