Pauline Hanson (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. Minister, documents uncovered by One Nation under freedom of information show that foreign owners of Australian houses are not complying with Australian laws. Only one in five foreign purchasers submitted a mandatory disclosure, known as the foreign vacancy fee return, last year. Tens of thousands of foreign-owned homes may be sitting vacant with the required fee not paid, because the mandatory declaration has not been lodged. Minister, how can the Australian people have any faith in what your government says about the level of foreign ownership when you've been caught red-handed letting 80 per cent of foreign owners not comply with the law?