Zaneta Mascarenhas (Swan, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Labor is here to make a difference, not to play games or do nothing. I'm here to make a difference, not be a bench warmer. We inherited a housing crisis, and we have faced it head on. We never said, 'It's not our job.' Recently, I introduced the housing minister to Swan locals. One of them is Mary Cooper, and she is a firecracker 86-year-old who told us that we need to build homes, not block them. She gets angry when she sees Peter Dutton blocking more homes. She says that he has nowhere to put that anger. Well, Mary, I am putting it here for you—and, like, everyone! Dutton stood in the way of helping everyday Aussies by voting against Labor's Help to Buy Bill. They voted no—

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