Tim Ayres (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Industry and Innovation) | Hansard source

Thank you to Senator Tyrrell for that question. I can only assume, following Senator Ruston's interjection, that I've been asked to answer a question just to get everybody to calm down a little bit. It's been a little bit noisy. Poor old Senator Gatenby has only been here for a week! He has been trying to interject all afternoon, and you lot have been bellowing over the top of him. We want to hear the quality of his interjections over here! We are really looking forward to an improvement in the quality of the interjections.

This is a government that understands how important housing is to Australians and understands what has happened and what has changed the experience of Australians in terms of the way that they feel about their chances of getting their first home or getting a fair rental deal, getting the opportunity for the security of housing. As a government we have delivered real change, no matter how tough it is.