Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

For the member for Griffith, I'll give him a big tip: don't put it in writing in an essay if you don't want people to read it and quote it back to you! He went on to say"

Allowing the HAFF to pass would demobilize the growing section of civil society …

That's what he speaks about—all a political campaign.

Now, I understand that renters are doing it tough, but I also understand that, in Australia's federation, the Commonwealth does not control rents. The Commonwealth does not have the capacity, either, to abolish the private rental market. The key to fixing up these issues is supply. That is what we are dealing with, including with $2 billion of additional money we put into social housing, including the measures we put in the budget that will result in between 150,000 and 250,000 additional private rental dwellings being built, including the $2 billion that we have allocated for additional community housing, including the $1.6 billion for the one-year extension of the Commonwealth State Housing Agreement. Commonwealth and state ministers will have a national cabinet meeting next Wednesday. On the agenda next Wednesday is the issue of renters' rights, but what is there is in the context of a practical move—

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