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

I thank the senator for her question. There is something that must annoy those who are thinking about buying a new house, those who are paying rent and the sort of demographic that the senator referred to, and that is the blame game. This government is not into playing the blame game for someone else’s problems or responsibilities. We are about accepting responsibility for our constituents in Australia—right across the state and territory demographics—who deserve the very best. We have made an investment of over $1 billion a year over the last decade, and I do not think that there is any argument about that. As a consequence of that, through the states and territories, through Labor governments, we now have 13 fewer houses than we started with. We decided that that is probably not the best way to continue.