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

I'm just laughing at how they have to egg each other on here. 'Great question! Great question!' It's not a great question, and I think those opposite know it.

I want to come back to the central point here, because it is a really important one. House prices in our country have risen by 400 per cent in the last 25 years. I want to be really clear and direct with the parliament. We cannot allow that to happen again for another generation. If we do, our country will be unrecognisable to us. This has already radically transformed what it means to be aspirational in our country. We've got a generation of young people who tell us repeatedly in polling that they don't think they will ever be able to afford a house in our country. Any government with any sense of integrity and belief is going to stand up and do something about that.

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