Jacinta Nampijinpa Price (NT, Country Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Defence Industry) Share this | Hansard source

These Australians simply want an end to uncontrolled, unplanned and unsustainable migration. They want the restoration of controlled, planned and sustainable migration. They want these things because they're seeing the ramifications of mass migration with their own eyes. They're seeing a deterioration of local services, where it's harder to get an appointment with a GP or a specialist. They're seeing greater pressures on infrastructure, with more congested transport and wear and tear, of course, on the roads.

They're seeing the impact on the housing market, where greater demand for homes has meant less supply. This, in turn, has seen rents soar and home prices skyrocket. By bringing in a record 1.2 million migrants in its first term, Labor has unleashed a housing crisis, and frankly none of the government's policies to boost housing supply are working. Not a single new house was built in the government's first term under its $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund. Moreover, to reach the 1.2 million homes Labor have promised to build by 2029, they'll need to hit a target of 250,000 homes a year, and yet they're building barely 170,000 homes a year. Just yesterday, the ABS confirmed approvals fell by 8.2 per cent in July. Under Labor a record number of building companies have gone bust—big, small, regional, metro. They're all struggling. Labour's disastrous renewables-only energy policy has driven up the cost of living, including housing construction.

The building sector has also been hamstrung by a control-obsessed government. Labor has enacted some 5,000 new regulations since coming to power. This overregulation has made it harder and more expensive to build homes. Here's the truth: Labor's housing crisis, its undermining of homeownership and its mass migration agenda all benefit this government. More Australians become dependent on the state, more Australians are forced to rent for longer, and more Australians become reliant on Labor's handouts. That's exactly what this socialist government wants, so it can cling to power at any cost.