STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS

Mr TED O'BRIEN (Fairfax) (13:46): Australia has rightly welcomed people from every corner of the planet. But, over the years, a social compact has emerged between governments and the Australian people; when a government loses control of Australia's borders, people's appetite to bring in more migrants changes. We have yet another Labor government in this country which has lost control of Australia's borders.

There has not been a year since the Albanese government have come to power when they have met their migration targets—not so much as a year. As a result, there is a shortfall of houses in Australia to the tune of 400,000. And, of course, the more Labor brings people in without controlling our borders, the worse this situation gets.

While we've been in this chamber over the last hour or so, the minister has spoken. I look forward to hearing what he has had to say. From online reports, his first message was to blame everybody else but the government.

Blaming the Australian people for having too few people in their homes—an absolute disgrace. He is now in his fifth year in government, and they still cannot get this under control. No wonder the compact has been breached.