STATEMENTS BY SENATORS
Senator ROBERTS (Queensland) (13:40): Last week, I attended the One Nation branch launch in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, where 140 everyday Australians had a lot they wanted to talk about with me. I was delighted to see so many young people attending, yet heartbroken at the loss of opportunity they've suffered under Liberal and Labor governments. One Nation's housing policy will make a major difference to the lives of all young Australians.
We'll turn the useless housing future fund into a low-deposit mortgage fund for young Australians, offering low-interest fixed-rate mortgages for up to 30 years. We'll allow HECS-holders to roll their HECS loan into their home loan, reducing their combined repayments and increasing their borrowing ability. We'll overcome the deposit gap, allowing Australians to use their own super account to take a share in their home—not their super fund but their own super account, which will continue to grow as the value of the home grows.
We'll limit negative gearing to two homes. These policies are only half of One Nation's solution. As a result of the Albanese government's low-deposit scheme making the housing shortage worse, home prices have gone up six per cent—a stupid mistake.
Offering incentives to help young people own their own homes increases demand, forces up prices and leaves young people worse off than before the government helped. The truth is we're building homes faster than any other country in the world is. Managing demand must include a review of who's buying all these homes.
We will remigrate 200,000 people who deliberately broke their visa conditions, who completed their study and simply stayed here or who lodged spurious asylum claims. Send them home. Deport them.
They're here illegally, taking up the beds of Australians. One Nation's balanced housing policy will benefit renters and homebuyers, stabilise the housing market and safeguard the family home nest egg in retirement. It will give young people, young families, a fair go—that's what we need.
Bring it back.