Tim Ayres (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Industry and Innovation) Share this | Hansard source

Senator, you might pay some attention to what's actually going on in the economy in terms of immigration and in terms of housing. The truth is that net overseas migration has declined more than 40 per cent from the post-COVID peak in 2022-23. That's what this government has delivered not by inflammatory, careless, reckless, deliberately offensive rhetoric in here but by the hard work of making sure that Australia's immigration settings and the way the government delivers them meet Australia's national interest.

We're building more homes for Australians: 55,000 social and affordable homes, 100,000 homes just for first home buyers—