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

Labor will never apologise for investing in housing. Unlike you, we actually believe that government has a role in housing. You believe that the Commonwealth has no role in housing. We have 24,000 homes into the pipeline—13,700 under round 1 of the HAFF—and those opposite are complaining because they have a government that is investing in housing they don't want. Senator Bragg, at least have the honesty to stand up and say, 'The federal government should not invest in housing,' because that is your policy. At least have the honestly to say to Australians, 'We don't believe that the federal government should help fund housing.' That's your policy—zero! You come in here and complain. Your policy is zero houses from the federal government. That is your policy, Senator Bragg. At least have the honesty to say to Australians, 'Peter Dutton's housing policy is "no houses by a federal government".'