Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) | Hansard source

I thank the member for his question. Our budget was aimed, clearly, at providing tax cuts for people, together with the wage increase that happened at the beginning of this week. That is how you lift living standards: by people being paid more and keeping more of what they earn.

In addition to that, we are making a difference for people already, through the housing policies that we've put forward. Indeed, just last weekend, in the electorate of Dickson, Kathleen, a 65-year-old single mum from Arana Hills, who'd spent a year looking for a home and had been outbid, time and time again—this is what she said: 'It was really depressing to see a house you had your heart set on sell way over budget, only to reappear weeks later on the rental market.' But, last weekend, she finally got into her own home.

In Ballarat North, Mark Williams, an auctioneer, spoke about an auction of a Ballarat North home that drew more than 50 people to the auction last weekend but not one investor put their hand up. Mark Williams, the auctioneer, said this: 'All the interested parties were owner-occupiers.' The home was sold to a first home buyer in his 30s.

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