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

Thank you for the dorothy dixer, Senator Faruqi. Do you know what will do something about housing shortages? What will do something about housing shortages and letting more Australians into more housing is voting for Labor's Help to Buy Bill. That's what will do it. What are the Greens doing about that? They're teaming up with Peter Dutton and the coalition to stop that from going through.

Do you know what will also help Australians get into more housing? It's voting for Labor's build to rent bill. What are the Greens doing on that? The Greens are teaming up with Peter Dutton and the coalition to stop that as well. What did the Greens do when we were trying, for months, to pass the Housing Australia Future Fund legislation to deliver 30,000 more homes? You teamed up with the coalition and Peter Dutton for months, to stop that as well. That's what will do something about housing—