Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you again, Senator Faruqi. I've already listed a range of ways the Albanese government is providing cost-of-living support to support a range of lower-income earners, including students. Some of the fundamental issues that cause student poverty, which is a real issue and has been for a very long time in this country—one of the key causes of that is the extra cost that students are having to pay for accommodation. It is within the Greens' power to do something about this. Maybe, just for once, the Greens could think about being part of the solution to deliver on the things they're complaining about, rather than thinking much more about having a protest out the front where they yell at people and ask for things that can never be delivered by any government in Australian history.

We recognise lower-income earners need support—more support than they ever got under the coalition government—and that is exactly what we are doing. In the meantime the Greens should reverse their position and back our Housing Australia Future Fund to deliver the housing that is needed. (Time expired)