Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Environment and Water) Share this | Hansard source

The poor old Nats have already conceded defeat in the electorate of Farrer because they didn't deliver any new homes, unlike the Albanese government. Our approach to speeding up environmental approvals stands in contrast to what we saw in the coalition's decade of housing roadblocks. At one point during the coalition's term of government, they provided no funding whatsoever for housing approvals in the environment department. Their neglect meant that not a single approval was made on time. So dire was the situation when we came to government, there were nearly a hundred housing projects sitting unapproved by the coalition. (Time expired)