Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

The Greens have said that rejecting the Housing Australia Future Fund doesn't have a cost. That's simply not true; it does have a cost. Every day you stall and every day you work with them is another $1.3 million that will not be going into social and affordable housing in Australia. That's what it will mean. The HAFF could help fund 30,000 homes over five years. I would say to the Greens political party: don't keep putting your political tactics above the needs of those in the community who need more housing. The reality is that the Greens and the coalition are blocking more homes. We on this side of the chamber want to build more homes. Those opposite and the Greens want to block more homes. You should pass the Housing Australian Future Fund when it returns to the Senate.