QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Mr ALBANESE (Grayndler—Prime Minister) (14:44): I haven't seen the media report, but someone in the media weeks ago was good enough to forward to me the document that was provided by the Liberal Party to them with details before they chose not to run the article, because of its nature and its inaccuracies. I simply say this: all of my arrangements have been declared appropriately.

What we are doing here, when it comes to housing, is wanting to make sure that, just as I had the opportunity way back in my 20s to own my own home, a roof over my head, when I purchased a property—to save the researchers—in Beauchamp Street, Marrickville, I want young Australians and people who are now in their 20s and in their 30s to have the same opportunity.

The truth is that I didn't inherit wealth. What I did was work hard, save for a deposit and buy my own home. I want— Mr Taylor interjecting— The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition will cease interjecting immediately.

Mr ALBANESE: If the Leader of the Opposition wanted to participate, he could have asked the question. I make that point. They didn't have the ticker.

They gave it to someone up the back. I make this point: Paula Pearce, a real estate agent in Griffith, said this about someone who bought a unit on the weekend: 'Her and her partner are in their 20s, and it's their first home. She told me she had always loved the complex.

First home buyers in their mid to late 20s dominated inspection numbers.' In the electorate of Fraser, in Melbourne, Justin Luciew, a selling agent, said there were four active bidders, all young professionals, first home buyers, who took part in an auction. In the electorate of the member for Banks, a first home buyer outbid seven other parties in Mortdale on Saturday.

The successful bidder was a young man buying his first home. He intends to move in. We are the party of aspirations.

We are the party that want Australians to have access to their own home. Those opposite show just how desperate they are.