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

Thanks very much, Senator Pratt. Yes, the debate should be all about supply. We need to build more houses more quickly in this country, and every vote against a Labor housing bill is a vote against more housing for Australians. According to the Greens and their spokesperson on housing, housing supply isn't a problem in this country, as he said on Insiders. 'Australia has enough homes for people to live in,' said the member for Griffith on Insiders. But I would trust the experts over the blockers, including the Grattan Institute, who have said that the long-term solution to Australia's housing crisis is to build more houses. The Greens have blocked more housing for Australians at every step. They delayed the Housing Australia Future Fund. We're now trying to get Help to Buy through.

I wonder whether it's because out there in the community they are against housing. We've got them blocking housing for Australians in Brisbane, in Sydney and even in Port Melbourne, where they're locally lobbying against housing. (Time expired)