I love election campaigns where leaders act like everything in the campaign is a bubble, untouched from any previous decision, or indeed time – like here, where Peter Dutton pretends housing affordability is a new problem and not one created by the policies of his party, which he supported for the past 20 years:

We’re providing $5 billion for 500,000 new homes. We’re cutting the migration program by 25% because Labor’s had it at a record high.(you already know that won’t help housing costs and also why its at a high) And that’s increased the demand for housing. So we create 100,000 homes in that policy, we now provide another 30,000 homes a year being built – and the Labor Government’s got demand side pressures that they’re not addressing through supply side. (sigh, Labor also has a supply side promise)

That is extra homes being built. We are the only party that is addressing the supply side and by providing an opportunity to young Australians – look, I moved around the country over the course of the last three years, there were many messages of people under pain under the Labor’s cost-of-living crisis. (Sigh, it was global inflation)

It kills me to hear young Australians saying I’m working hard, we’re both working hard, we’re putting money aside, we just can’t afford – we don’t think we’ll ever be able to afford a home. That’s the common story. Now, I’m not going to accept that as Prime Minister of this country. I want to make sure that we can do everything we can if we’re fortunate enough to win the election to restore that dream of home ownership and this is the way we can do it. A Generation ago, you didn’t require the same amount of disposal income because housing was cheaper, units were cheaper, and we have to deal with the reality for this generation. (The Coalition have been in charge for the majority of tht period) That’s exactly what we do through our policy. We hope that Australians can see some light past this dark period of the Albanese Government. Help is coming. People need to vote for the Coalition at the next election and we can deliver that.