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

I thank Senator Pocock for his question. I acknowledge that on many occasions Senator Pocock has asked me questions about the issue of housing and homelessness, and I respect his interest in this topic. But, in terms of a plan: as you say, we are still working on that plan. We want to make sure that we get the plan right and that we don't make the wrong decisions in this space. That's why, as a government, we have been consulting all of the stakeholders to come up with the right plan. But we haven't just been sitting on our hands, Senator Pocock. I—

Senator Cash, we haven't been sitting on our hands.

No, we haven't been sitting on our hands. We have been doing things to address the 10 years of neglect by your government, Senator Cash. Can I read out some of the things that we've been doing in this space. Would you like to hear that? We've made the single biggest Commonwealth investment in social and affordable housing in more than a decade. Of course, that period takes into account your period in government, Senator Cash—but the biggest single Commonwealth investment in social and affordable housing. Then under the Housing Australia Future Fund and the National Housing Accord, 40,000 new social and affordable homes will be delivered. This includes— (Time expired)