Zaneta Mascarenhas (Swan, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to 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—

Sharon Claydon (Newcastle, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Apologies, but you've got to use correct titles when referring to a member in this House.

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

Apologies. They voted no to helping more Aussies into homes—nurses, teachers, childcare workers and aged-care workers. He doesn't want to help them into homes; he doesn't care. They haven't come up with any plans to make homes more affordable for Aussies, because he does not care. We're putting the interests of people like Mary first.