Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Housing and Urban Development) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Minister, rather than blaming the states, wouldn’t it be appropriate to address what the Commonwealth can do? In particular, now that the government has failed to keep its promise of record low interest rates and the Prime Minister has realised the stupidity of his plan to undermine the value of existing houses with a massive land release program, what exactly is the Commonwealth government doing to help young Australian families buy their first home?