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

I didn't expect that question, Senator Payman—I have to say that. It's a very similar question to the question that Senator Roberts, member of One Nation, asked me earlier in the week about foreign ownership of housing, and the evidence is very clear on that. It is a very, very small percentage of housing that is bought. I can't recall the number I gave Senator Roberts, but it was absolutely minuscule in terms of housing. There are also strict conditions on it. If you are to purchase housing, you need to live in it, for example. I'm more used to those sorts of questions coming to the government from One Nation. Foreign ownership and foreign investment in housing—