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

It says a lot when those who work at the coalface of homelessness and domestic violence services support Labor's housing plans but the Liberal Party and the Greens political party do not. Those on the front lines know that the problems that the Liberal government created over nine years can't be fixed overnight. As Ms Hayhurst said, 'When you're tackling a housing crisis that has been decades in the making, the key is to show long-term commitment and to steadily make inroads', and that is what our government is doing.

As Senator Green said, the Prime Minister was in Cairns this morning, unlocking even more social and affordable housing. This is Queensland's biggest ever social and affordable housing project, with 490 homes. They don't like it. They don't like more social and affordable housing in this country, including in Cairns. (Time expired)