QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
Mr ALBANESE (Grayndler—Prime Minister) (14:16): Where do you begin—seriously? That question was based upon complete fantasy. I stood up with Roger Cook last week at a 29-storey building that we are building in Perth—new housing, new social housing, new affordable housing for essential workers, new private rentals and new homeownership waiting as part of our $47 billion Homes for Australia Plan.
The Premier of WA, just like the Premier of New South Wales and all of our members here who went through all of our positions, including of course our cabinet secretary and all our caucus—you know what the people on this side have to say in the Labor caucus? What they say to me is how proud they are that we are fighting for values that matter, that we are not prepared to leave the next generation behind.
They say it would be easier to just stay still and leave it for someone else to fix the problem. Because every single one of my members— Mr Chaffey interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Parkes is warned. Mr ALBANESE: If those opposite got out more and spoke to people, they would know that people in their electorates are saying the housing system is broken in this country, and we need to fix it—just like the shadow Treasurer has said, just like the member for Canning has said and just like the former treasurer Joe Hockey said, up in that corner before he left the building.
We believe, on this side, that when you have the power to affect real change, you should do it—that you have a responsibility to deliver real change. That is what we are doing through this. We are taking every dollar of tax from these measures and delivering income tax cuts over the forward estimates, making sure that we set up Australia for the future so that future generations don't say, 'Is it true, dad or mum, that there was a time where people were actually able to buy their own house, not just inherit it?' That is what we are fighting for.
We are fighting for things that really matter because that's what the Labor Party does. Mr Chaffey interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Parkes is now going to leave the chamber under 94(a). If you're on a warning, Member for Parkes, it's best for me not to hear your interjection or to make any interjection.
The member for Parkes then left the chamber.