Tuesday, 12 November 2024

 Jacinta ALLAN (Bendigo East – Premier) (14:08): On this side of the house we get on and build the homes, infrastructure and support Victorians need for the future. Whether it is building tunnels, whether it is building train lines or whether it is building new roads or world-class schools, we are the builders. We are building more homes, working with industry to build more homes for more families, more homes for millennials – more homes. It could be in the inner suburbs like Brunswick, it could be in the middle suburbs like Brighton or it could be in those great regional centres like Ballarat, Bendigo and Benalla. We are building homes in places where Victorians work, close to where they grew up and close to where we know people want to live. We are not just getting on and building more homes; we are also building more homes than any other state in the nation. The facts back this up – approving, starting and finishing more homes – and we are the only state or territory where housing affordability has improved. We know there are some who want to block.

Members interjecting.

Jacinta ALLAN: We are hearing it now. There are some who want to block. Particularly, for example, there are some who want to block the off-the-plan stamp duty concession that industry have told us they need. Industry have told us what they want, and buyers are wanting to see this certainty. Who is blocking it? The self-declared Leader of the Opposition. But Victorians know, homebuyers know and home builders know that you just cannot trust this self-declared blocker over here to work on the things that need to be done.

James Newbury: On a point of order, Speaker, I refer you to Speaker Brooks’s ruling that it is inappropriate to use a ministers statement to attack the opposition.

The SPEAKER: The Premier will come back to her statement without attacking the opposition.

Jacinta ALLAN: As the blocker from Brighton knows, we are builders and we are going to get on and build more homes for more Victorians.