Joe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

It is hugely important that we all do what we can to increase the supply of housing, particularly in Sydney. It is hugely important. I might report to the House that across Australia construction has commenced on 198,000 new dwellings since the beginning of 2014, which is up 18 per cent on the last year of Labor. In one year there are an extra 198,000 new dwellings that have been commenced in 2014. Nearly 50,000—

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