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

I thank Senator Pocock for his question and his genuine interest in solving the issues of housing and homelessness on his home turf of the ACT and across the country.

I don't accept the fundamental proposition of your question, Senator Pocock. This government is attempting to take action to genuinely resolve this issue. The reason that vital legislation to increase the stock of housing in this country has not passed this parliament, and therefore capable of starting the process of building more houses, is that the Greens, sitting to your left, and the coalition, sitting to your right, have combined to block that legislation.