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

We have already spoken in this place of a new approach to boost the supply of public housing by getting the private sector involved. We have had tax arrangements to encourage the Labor state governments to start doing the right thing with regard to cutting their housing tax. We have again provided a strong economy so that everybody who wants a job has one. It is very hard to pay off your mortgage if you do not have a job. Again, 2,186,000 people today enjoy a job that did not exist in 1996. That is the crux of it. You have a job and you can have the joy of being able to buy your own home.

We are an experienced government. We make policies that are well thought out, sensible and extremely well considered. We do not pretend that we can solve problems by establishing another inquiry or having a committee. We have philosophies based on substance, not on froth and bubble. Of course, our government is characterised by a leader who is prepared to make decisions. Unfortunately, those opposite are led by a completely weak and gutless leader.