Don Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

Again, I thank Senator O'Neill for her interest in this topic and for her first supplementary question. Our government believes that Australians should be able to realise the dream of owning their own home. We have expanded the Home Guarantee Scheme, which, under our government, has already helped more than 110,000 Australians into homeownership. We're now working with states to deliver our Help to Buy shared equity scheme. Sadly, of course, the coalition and the Greens have once again teamed up to delay legislation that will help 400,000 low- and middle-income families stop paying rent and purchase a home of their own. For the coalition and the Greens, it's always about the politics but never, ever, ever about the people.