Sue Lines (WA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Like most of what we hear from those opposite, what we just heard then was a load of rubbish. This government has done absolutely nothing to reduce homelessness or, indeed, anything on affordable housing.

To add insult to injury, it does not even have a housing minister. Every year since this government has been elected homelessness and affordable housing groups have had to come to this place, cap in hand, and beg for ongoing funding. This is a disgrace. Some of the most vulnerable in our communities are being left behind.

I certainly congratulate the work being done in Western Australia, but it would be a lot easier if the government had lived up to its commitments and done something about housing affordability, as Labor has with our negative-gearing policy. And secondly, it should have done something about the ever-increasing rate of homelessness.

It is a disgrace, particularly in my home state—but right across the country. Those opposite—the Turnbull government—have done nothing.

Question agreed to.