Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

Our target under Homes for Australia, the 1.2 million home target, comes in on 1 July. It seems that the most pressing issue for the opposition is whether or not we're going to meet a target that hasn't even started yet. It comes in on 1 July. We've done the lead-in work. We're working with the states and territories. I note, in the New South Wales budget last week, the historic investment in housing that underpinned that budget. Essentially, the centrepiece of the New South Wales government budget was its focus on housing—it's very welcome. We would like to see more of that where it's possible. We don't tell the states how to allocate their budgets, but we certainly welcome that investment. We will work with the New South Wales government, as we will work with every government. We don't have a plan to override them and take over their energy systems like someone else does. We will work with them in cooperation to deliver the housing that this country needs.