STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS

Mr HASTIE (Canning) (13:54): We have a housing crisis in Australia. I know this because I see it in my own community in the Peel region in Western Australia. I have local people living out of their cars.

They're parking down at the beach at night and using public showers in the morning because they don't have a home. This is the reality under Labor. Young Australians are working hard, saving their money and still can't get into a home.

Those that do have a home are getting smashed by rising rents. They feel like the system is rigged. So what does Labor do in the middle of a housing shortage?

They make it harder for people to invest in housing. Labor told Australians their changes to negative gearing and the capital gains tax would add just $2 a week in rent. But people are facing increases up to 30 per cent.

For someone paying $600 a week in rent, that's another $180 out of the family budget—more than $9,000 a year in additional rent. How is a working family supposed to find that money? Here's the reality under Labor: immigration numbers are out of control, not enough homes are being built, rents are skyrocketing and new housing taxes have smashed investor confidence.

This is why Australia is facing a housing crisis—a housing crisis that this Labor government has caused. Labor has given us fewer homes and higher rents. Confidence has been smashed, and Australians are now sleeping in their cars.

It's time we put Australians first.