Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Housing and Local Government) Share this | Hansard source

Today in question time the Prime Minister indicated that I had made statements that were not supportive of the first home owners grant, and those sentiments were reflected also by the Minister for Housing and the Minister for Health and Ageing. I refer to my statement of 14 October 2008, which states:

Shadow Minister for Housing and Local Government, Scott Morrison, has welcomed the increase in the first home owners grant to $21,000 for buyers of new homes as part of the stimulus package announced by the Prime Minister today.

I also refer to my statement on Thursday, 5 March, in which I said:

We have already seen the positive impact for first home buyers from extending the first home owners grant. The fact that Labor failed to set aside any of the $6.4 billion they had devoted to public housing, to continue the boost for the first home owners grant for new residential constructions shows their lack of foresight.

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