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

What I would say to you, Senator, is that I'm advised that more have been built since we were elected, new home starts are up, approvals are up and construction cost inflation has been reduced—and, as importantly, more people are now owning their first home under our government as compared to the Liberal Party. I would hope that you would be very pleased that more than 40,000 Australians have now bought their first home in your home state of New South Wales, thanks to Labor's five per cent deposit scheme. We can provide you with more information around the 40,000 and where they are, and I'm sure Senator McAllister would be very happy to take you to some of the projects as well that we are supporting through the work that we are doing.