Michael Sukkar Deakin, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Social Services
3:32 pm
My question is to the Prime Minister. Over eight of the last 10 years, the number of homes built in Australia has matched the number of migrants coming in, but in the last two years of your government twice as many people have come in as houses have been built. Why is the Albanese government making life harder for Australian families, who are already struggling with your cost-of-living crisis?
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Government Members:
Government members interjecting—
Anthony Albanese Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister
I thank the member for his question. He of course, in referring to the last 10 years, ignored the fact that during this thing called the pandemic—you'd remember that—the borders were closed, so no-one was coming in. They missed that, Mr Speaker—no-one was coming in. And then, when the pandemic ended, their leadership, including the Leader of the Opposition, called for more migration, not less. They called for more, not less. We are, of course, cleaning up the mess that was left because they left a system whereby students could just come in willy-nilly without any proper—
Milton Dick Speaker
The Prime Minister will pause.
The member for Hume will cease interjecting. I want the member for Deakin to state the point, and I'll give a statement after the point on relevance.
Michael Sukkar Deakin, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Social Services
Thanks, Mr Speaker.
Michael Sukkar Deakin, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Social Services
The point of order is relevance.
Milton Dick Speaker
Resume your seat.
Order! The member for Deakin—I'm just going to remind him—I'm sure wants to stay for the remainder of question time and beyond. I'd like him to.