Nita Green (Queensland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

What we saw a few moments ago in this chamber was an outrageous attempt by the Greens political party to prevent a vote on the Help to Buy Bill. We have seen, and we will continue to see, this filibustering from the Greens political party because they're so ashamed of their position of having to vote with the Liberal Party to block housing that they called a quorum to try to get that vote pushed off. It is outrageous for communities like the one that I live in, regional communities that need housing now, that the Greens political party continue to block this type of legislation. We have seen it before many times. We have seen them vote with the Liberals time and time again.

I wouldn't expect much more from the LNP. They didn't put a cent into social housing. They didn't have a homelessness minister for half of their government. They never cared about increasing housing stock in this country. But I would expect more from a party that has spent the last 2½ years yelling and shouting and screaming about how important it is that we do something about housing in this country.

When the Albanese Labor government brings a bill to this parliament, one that has the potential to help low- and middle-income wage earners get into their own home, to move from renting to owning their own home, the Greens vote against it. Why do they do that? Because they're obsessed with the idea that, if they go out and campaign and doorknock on the housing issue, they'll be able to get votes from the Labor Party. This is not about politics; this is about people getting a house to live in and building a home with their family. This is not about votes in Griffith, and the people of Griffith and Brisbane expect more from the people that they elect when they come in here. They elect people to come to parliament to do something, to get on with the job. Instead, we see this filibustering from the Greens political party— (Time expired)