Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

(—) (): Thank you, Senator Roberts. As I say, I've already indicated a number of steps that the government has taken to make our migration system more manageable and to fix the mess that we inherited from the former government. I know that you're trying to draw a link between migration numbers and housing pressures. It would have been nice if, just once, we could have had One Nation's support for any of the housing measures that this government has put in place. We know, of course, that you voted with the coalition to oppose our $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund, which won't take five years to start building houses. Senator Farrell has already talked today, in answering a question, about the money that is already starting to flow to build homes under that program, which One Nation voted against, along with the coalition. So, if you're serious about wanting to have more housing in place for Australians, maybe, the next time we put up something about building more homes for Australians, then you might care to actually back it. We've also forwarded significant funds, billions of dollars, to the states and territories to get to building homes right now. That's the source. That's the way we fix the housing crisis. (Time expired)