Cameron Caldwell (Fadden, Liberal National Party) Share this | Hansard source

Sadly, the great Australian dream has become a nightmare under this Labor government. In fact, Labor's housing policy is so bad that it's been compared to England's performance in the Ashes just this week.

Here are just a few of the points that are of concern to everyday Australians trying to break into the housing market or find a rental that's affordable. Labor had an ambitious target, they say, of 1.2 million homes over five years. But, quite frankly, this is entirely misleading, because in year 1 they missed that target by 80,000 homes—just in the first year. Secondly, chaos and dysfunction are reigning at Housing Australia. They've lost their chair, and of course there's a $24,000 secret report that the government won't release. Thirdly, the government has expanded the five per cent deposit scheme knowing full well that there are not enough houses to meet the demand. Fourthly, the average mortgage holder—lots of these people sitting up there in the gallery today—is paying $1,800 a month more in interest under this Labor government than they were under the coalition. And, finally, over 100,000 tradies and apprentices have dropped out of the construction sector. Without those trades, we simply cannot build houses. Labor need to fix their mess.

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