Sussan Ley (Farrer, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. The Liberal Party I lead will always champion policies to help more Australians into a home of their own, but under Labor the homeownership dream has never been further out of reach. The Prime Minister promised to deliver 1.2 million homes, but he has let down young Australians by delivering just 17. With leaked Treasury advice confirming this is a broken promise, will the Prime Minister abandon his failing policies and work constructively with the coalition to address Labor's housing crisis?

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

Start by getting your numbers right.

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Minister for Housing! It is the first question of this term. Trust me: do not interject before a minister, including the Prime Minister, has begun their answer.

Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Well, there is a housing minister for the LNP from Queensland called Sam O'Connor. This is what he had to say:

A major milestone has been reached with construction underway on one of the Gold Coast's largest social and affordable housing projects … The highrise supportive housing project is being delivered by the Australian Government's Housing Australia Future Fund …

He went on to say:

Importantly, this project will provide 200 vulnerable Gold Coast households with much more than a safe and secure roof over their heads.

Master Builders Australia support our programs. Denita Wawn said:

The 1.2—

million homes—

we say is achievable … for the first time, we've seen a Federal Government actually recognise that they've got a leadership role in resolving this problem. Up until the Albanese Government, we have seen Federal Government say, no, it's the problem of the states, it's the problem of local government.

Who might Denita Wawn have been speaking about? The former government that, over the nine long years, didn't bother to have a housing minister for half the time, had complete contempt for public housing, provided no incentives for—

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Leader of the Opposition has asked her question. I'm just going to ask her, now that she's been given the courtesy of her question being heard in silence, to direct the same courtesy to the Prime Minister.

Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Property Council of Australia chief executive, Mike Zorbas, said:

The five-year national housing target is already a success …

He said, 'There is currently an outbreak of nationally coordinated political leadership and productivity on planning and housing, something we have not seen so far this century and would not have seen without the accord.' The Housing Industry Association said:

… we are seeing the right conversations taking place and funding announcements made …

When you inherit a decade of neglect, you put in place the investments, you put in place the construction and you put in place the refurbishments, delivering 55,000 social and affordable homes, our $43 billion Homes for Australia plan, 100,000 homes for sale only to first home buyers and five per cent deposits for all first home buyers. The Help to Buy shared-equity scheme—remember that?—was only passed last December, because the 'no-alition' held it up for three years.

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order. The Prime Minister will refer to the coalition as 'the coalition'.

The collective term.