Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I notice that a member of the Nationals party, Senator McKenzie, is congratulating Senator Faruqi on a great question. That really does demonstrate the political marriage which is on display—a marriage of political convenience, which is all about blocking. What I would say is this: Senator Faruqi, we have announced today 13,700 social and affordable homes for the first round of the Housing Australia Future Fund. This is the biggest one-off delivery of social housing in over a decade. It will provide, amongst other things, 1,200 homes for women and children escaping domestic violence and older women at risk of homelessness. We would have been able to announce this sooner and we would have been able to progress these projects sooner if you had not worked with Mr Dutton to delay the HAFF. So please remember that the next time you stand up and talk about social housing. (Time expired)