Senate debates

Monday, 25 November 2024

Questions without Notice

Housing

2:11 pm

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

(—) (): Senator Green, yes, I regret to say that that's true. In one budget, there was more funding than in the nine years of the coalition government. When you hear them yelling—and I see that they're quiet now—when Senator Cash, Senator Ruston, Senator Birmingham and others start shouting about housing, remember that in nine years they had less to do, less to say and less to contribute than we did in one budget. Mr Dutton's reckless arrogance has real costs. And now, in the middle of a housing crisis, Mr Dutton wants to cut $19 billion from housing. That is what he wants to do. He wants to cut $19 billion out of housing. Mr Dutton's agenda is wrong for the country and wrong for Australians. He wants to cut $10 billion from the Housing Australia Future Fund, $5½ billion from Help to Buy and $3 billion from the new homes bonus. This is what Mr Dutton wants to do while he complains about housing affordability. (Time expired)

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