Dorinda Cox (WA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Deputy President. As I said earlier in my contribution, the coalition that wrecked the housing policy for nearly a decade in this place now want to wreck it again. They want to take a massive sledgehammer to it. Once again, they're showing Australians that they've learned nothing from the 2025 election. They lost an election because people were tired. They are tired, sick and tired, of delay and destruction. And here they are again, blocking and bulldozing a housing policy that's going to help everyday Australians across Australia, particularly in my home state of Western Australia. I know, Deputy President, you're also a proud Western Australian.

People are doing it tough. They're working hard. They're doing everything right, and they still can't find a place to call home. Young people are lining up around the block for rental inspections. Families with kids, families who would have owned a home a generation ago, can't get a foothold in the market. Parents are watching their adult children move back home because moving just absolutely seems out of reach for them. These aren't statistics. These are real people. These are teachers and nurses and tradies and retail workers who keep our community going. They are the backbone of our suburbs. They are the people in our towns and our regions, and they deserve better than what the coalition is trying to dish up for them today. In almost 10 years, they tapped out of the housing national challenge—absolutely tapped out.