House debates
Thursday, 2 July 2026
Questions without Notice
Housing
2:36 pm
Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) | Hansard source
It's hard to remember what the question was, I've got to say. But I do know that the manager there has got his noggin on TV a few times. Congratulations. Well done.
I do find it astonishing that, in a question about housing, when quoting what the shadow minister for housing said yesterday, the day before and the month before, they object to that. But that says it all about the chaotic rabble that are opposite. I'm asked about first home buyers buying homes. Can I say that the member for Robertson's constituent Gino emailed him just today, thanking him for being brave enough to try and fix the property market to make it a fairer system. 'I have two grown-up children trying desperately to get into the property market, to just be outbid by investors, so much so, they have all but given up. We have noticed a drop in investors bidding of recent. Hopefully now all our young people may have a better chance of purchasing their first home.'
In the electorate of Tangney, according to the agents Zvon Mikulic, 'A family bought a four-bedroom home. They'd been renting; they were looking to have more kids and needed a yard and finally got into their first home,' and in Tweed Heads, in the electorate of Richmond, according to a real estate agent, 'They were nice local young family moving from a unit into their first home.' Right around Australia, this is what is happening and this is what will continue to— (Time expired)
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