Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Certainly, one thing about the opposition is that they don't learn from an election. They went to the last election trying to block housing supply improvements, having blocked the Housing Australia Future Fund and in fact pledging to scrap it. The build-to-rent laws would support the construction of around 80,000 new homes to rent. This policy will encourage investment, it will encourage construction, and it will increase supply—more houses and more rentals—but Senator Bragg and the opposition have decided they want to block plans to build more homes. This is what they want. This is the hill on which they choose to make their stand: 'We want to stop more houses being built.' They're standing in the way of 80,000 more homes for Australians, and they believe they're a responsible party of government.