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

I thank the member for her question; I really do. We have legislation which passed the House of Representatives—the reform that we think is appropriate. We now will have it carried by the Senate on Thursday, and, yes, we have secured a majority in the Senate because those opposite—the three right-wing parties—didn't take Dennis Shanahan's advice and actually engage in debate. What they chose to do was what they consistently do, which is to just say no before they've seen any detail, before they've seen the legislation. And now they've promised to repeal it.

Well, there is a very big difference, of course, between us and those opposite. We're building 55,000 social and affordable homes over five years through the HAFF. They built 373 over the decade they were in office. We've helped 260,000 Australians into their first home with five per cent deposits. They want to gut the scheme and said that it would only benefit the children of billionaires. Remember that? We're throwing everything at housing supply.

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