Jess Walsh (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Early Childhood Education) Share this | Hansard source

Unlike those opposite, Senator Walker, more than anyone else in this place, knows the experiences of young Australians and the challenges that they face. Those experiences and those challenges matter to us, because we are a government that listen to all Australians, and that includes young Australians.

We have handed down a budget that levels the playing field. Too many young Australians have been looking at the housing market and wondering whether the Australian dream of homeownership will ever be within their reach. The Prime Minister has been clear. This generation shouldn't have to say goodbye to the Australian dream. That's why our budget takes responsible action to help more young Australians into their first home. We are building on the most ambitious housing agenda in generations—more housing supply, more public and social housing, more support for first home buyers and now, under Labor, tax reform that levels the playing field for young first home buyers.