Julie Collins (Franklin, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Small Business) Share this | Hansard source

Of course, those opposite, if they had been in government, would have higher immigration than what we currently have, and that is actually the position that they had previously. I would say to the member opposite, as he would know, he's actually stopping more housing on the ground today, with the Housing Australia Future Fund Bill in the Senate. He was absolutely stopping us having a debate and a vote on the Housing Australia Future Fund in the Senate just last sitting week.

Indeed, we've been getting on with delivering housing right across the country since we came to government. We have not wasted a day in trying to make that sure we get more homes on the ground, despite those opposite and the Greens senators standing in the way of our Housing Australia Future Fund, which will deliver 30,000 social and affordable rental homes in Australia in the first five years of the fund. Four thousand of those homes would be for women and children fleeing family violence. Seriously, those opposite come in here and talk about housing, and they are standing in the way of a core part of our agenda.

But, of course, it's not the only part of our agenda. Since we've come to office—

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