Andrew Bartlett (Queensland, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Is the minister seriously telling the Senate and the Australian people that there is nothing extra that can be done at federal level to address the housing affordability crisis? Given the minister’s own statement that there are a whole range of factors that go to housing affordability, are there no other actions the government can take at the federal level to act on any of those factors? Does the minister agree with the Housing Industry Association and others that only a targeted whole-of-government national housing strategy will be able to address the housing affordability crisis? Why will the federal government not adopt a national strategy on this most crucial of issues?