Nigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Minister for Community Services) Share this | Hansard source

I know those on the other side do not use this tactic as often as we do, but we think that simply the provision of facts is extremely useful. All the indications from the Reserve Bank are that one-quarter—that is, 25 per cent—of owner-occupier borrowers are more than a year ahead in their scheduled repayments. So 25 per cent of people who are buying a house with a mortgage are more than a year ahead of scheduled mortgage payments. More than half of the people in Australia who are paying off their own homes—