Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

The assurance I can give to young homebuyers across Australia is that, under a coalition government, they will have the best possible opportunity to get ahead and to get a good and better paid job as a result of the economic policies of the coalition. Our economic policies will drive stronger growth and a more prosperous economy where people around Australia can get better jobs and better paid jobs—and, of course, that is a key important component to the whole issue that Senator Whish-Wilson raises.

In relation to housing affordability more generally, you would be aware that the Treasurer is doing some important work in this area, including in cooperation with the states, and that the Treasurer has already flagged that the government will have some more to say about that in the budget.