Max Chandler-Mather (Griffith, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Over the next decade, property investors like the Prime Minister will benefit from $176 billion in tax handouts in the form of negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount. Published polling shows a large majority of the country support the Greens push to scrap negative gearing. Will Labor scrap these grossly unfair tax handouts to property investors that turbocharge house prices and hurt millions of ordinary people?

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Before the Prime Minister answers the question, the first part of the question was inappropriate. It is not appropriate to mention someone's personal circumstances.

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

I bet he doesn't mention it in their party room. I bet he doesn't do that! Or maybe to just the person next to him—he doesn't have to go to the party room. I bet, also, he doesn't talk about the housing problem when he's addressing a rally in Brisbane to defend corrupt conduct in the CFMEU. I bet he doesn't do that.

Adam Bandt (Melbourne, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

On a point of order, if the first part of the member's question was ruled inappropriate, then surely that comment ought to be ruled inappropriate. Secondly, it is not relevant to the question.

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Leader of the House, on the point of order.

Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, you didn't ask for the imputation of motives to be withdrawn in that question. And, given that it wasn't withdrawn, it should be completely reasonable for the Prime Minister to point out the conflicts of interest, the poor motives for somebody who has stood up and railed against action the government has taken against organised crime. And, if he's willing to stand up and make those sorts of statements and then wants to throw motives around here—you can't play with a glass jaw! If you throw that around, if comes back at you.

Opposition members interjecting—

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order! Members on my left are going to cease interjecting—

including the member for Gippsland. The member for Griffith, on the point of order.

Max Chandler-Mather (Griffith, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Surely that's a reflection on a member, and they should be forced to withdraw.

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Minister for Defence Industry and Capability Delivery is warned. I'm going to ask all members to be careful with their language and to show restraint. I didn't ask the member for Griffith to withdraw. I'm not going to ask the Prime Minister to withdraw. He has the call.

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

It is a fact the member for Griffith attended a rally in which they were—if you want to talk about offence—referring to members of this parliament as Nazis. And the member for Griffith stood in front of those signs. There is precedent for that sort of thing, and the member for Warringah was rightly condemned then, at the time, for standing outside this chamber, inside, with those sorts of signs and that sort of behaviour. And you are rightly condemned too.

I will say this to the member for Griffith, Renee Coffey won't be found anywhere near one of those demos, because she is concerned about it. And I'll say this as well: Renee Coffey would vote for more houses, in this House and in the Senate. She would vote for the build to rent scheme that the member for Griffith has voted against. She wouldn't have held up the Housing Australia Future Fund; Renee Coffey would have voted for it straight away, not held it up. As well, Renee Coffey would support and vote for the same policy that we have, that those opposite, from time to time, have said that they have and that's in the Greens Party platform—that is, a shared equity scheme. Renee Coffey won't be shy about that when she occupies this chamber after the next election.

The member for Griffith says he cares about housing but never takes an opportunity to actually vote for it. If you want more social homes, vote for them. If you want more rental properties, vote for them. If you want more private homeownership, vote for it. It's pretty simple. Renee Coffey understands that, and I was very honoured to launch her campaign in Griffith. Renee Coffey wants more homes because those will be more doors that she can knock on!