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

Will do. As we know, the Liberals and Nationals have profoundly let down regional Australians, but the Greens have done so too. For all the Greens' cries for more housing, they don't back it up in their own homes. Which Greens senator, for example, owns a $1 million investment property in Brisbane? It's apparently quite nice. It features a master suite of epic proportions that would keep any of the Kardashians happy. And why did that senator increase the rent on their investment property by nine per cent while calling for a rent freeze? Which Greens senator owns four separate properties while telling the Senate last year that the great Australian dream today is owning a property portfolio with tenants who pay your income and pay for your assets? Why would those sorts of people now want to stand in the way of other people getting a home and a roof over their heads? (Time expired)

Honourable senators interjecting—