Senate debates

Monday, 17 August 2026

Questions without Notice

Housing

2:16 pm

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

If I can quote also from the market, from NAB, 'It's really owner-occupiers who are the winners in all of this, in that we are going to redistribute the ownership of housing in Australia away from investors and more towards owner-occupiers.' This is fundamentally the difference between the coalition and the Labor Party. We actually think that first home buyers should have a fair crack at owning their own home. I know that is a remarkable proposition—that you might actually say young Australians and their families should have a better crack at owning their own home. That's what we are about. You are against that. It's a very simple proposition. You want to protect an uneven playing field. We think the playing field should be levelled. It should be levelled so that first home buyers get a fair crack at the market. That is the difference between your side of politics and ours.

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