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

Senator, you know that that statistic isn't true. The reality is you're comparing all houses built, including private construction, with what the government is contributing to. The people who wrote that question don't want to compare what your government supported with what ours supports, because the coalition government wasn't interested in supporting more housing. Let's be clear. What we have been very clear about is that we are delivering homes, building more homes and making it easier for first home buyers. We are cutting red tape, we are making it easier for builders to get on with the job, we are delivering social and affordable homes and we are delivering homes for first—