Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Attorney-General (Senator Brandis) to a question without notice asked by Senator Gallagher today relating to housing affordability.

It is day one of the budget sell, and Malcolm Turnbull has wasted no time in reminding Australians how out of touch he is with everyday Australians struggling to buy their first home. It was really his Joe Hockey moment. Remember that? 'Go and get a good job in order to get a house.' Well, today we all got an insight into the world in which the Prime Minister lives, when, in response to being questioned around housing affordability, and Jon Faine explaining that his kids had been locked out of the housing market, the Prime Minister said, 'Well, you should shell out for them.' That is exactly what he thinks. He thinks that, in order to compete in the housing market today, young people should rely on their parents to give them the money to break into the housing market. I am not sure that the Prime Minister realises that there are one million households living in either mortgage stress or rental stress in this country.