Housing—Australian Bureau of Statistics data 91. Ms Sandra Brewer to the Minister for Housing and Works: I have a supplementary question. Why, after five years of pulling every lever as minister, is h

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Housing—Australian Bureau of Statistics data
91. Ms Sandra Brewer to
the Minister for Housing and Works:
I have a
supplementary question. Why, after five years of pulling every
lever as minister, is housing affordability worse under Labor?
Mr Basil Zempilas interjected.

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I
mean, that is embarrassing! The Liberal leader is really getting embarrassing
now.
Several
members interjected.
The Speaker: Members!
Mr Basil Zempilas interjected.
The Speaker: Leader of the Opposition!
Mr John Carey: He is producing so many TikTok memes.
The Speaker: Minister, please address
your reply through the Chair.
Mr John Carey: We have to come back
to the critical question: What is the housing solution? Is it more red tape? Is
it opposing density? Is it the member for Carine opposing R60 codes? Is it the Liberal
leader opposing density?
Ms Libby Mettam interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Vasse!
Mr John Carey: In one night, because of her own
political ambition, the member for Cottesloe changed her
position from being pro-planning reform and pro-density. She threw that under a
bus so that she could fulfil her political ambition and beat former member
David Honey. I will not be lectured by that side of politics. At every opportunity,
a number of Liberal members of Parliament—
Mr Lachlan Hunter interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Central Wheatbelt!
Mr John Carey: A number of Liberal
members of Parliament and loser Liberal candidates and their apparatchiks are
out there campaigning against housing development in Western Australia.

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