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

Well, Senator Green, the barriers to housing in Australia are around us. They start over that side, and they end just on the other side of Senator Grogan over there. The biggest barrier standing in the way of our progress in developing new housing is this new coalition of the unwilling between the Liberals, the National and the Greens. Let's look at their record. They partnered up last week to vote against stronger immigration laws, they partnered up months ago to vote against the Housing Australia Future Fund, they partnered up to vote against the nature repair bill, and last week they partnered up to delay the Help to Buy scheme. If I were the National Party, I would be a little bit concerned that the Greens might be coming after their spot as the junior coalition partner in this coalition of the unwilling, because we know the Greens have more senators than the National Party, so, on the numbers, the Greens might have the right to provide the Deputy Prime Minister. We've seen conservatives in other countries around the world have a three-way partnership in power sharing. Why wouldn't Mr Dutton do that? Who would go first as Deputy Prime Minister? Would it be Mr Bandt or would it— (Time expired)