MOTIONS › COVID-19: Building and Construction Industry
Senator RUSTON (South Australia—Minister for Families and Social Services and Manager of Government Business in the Senate) (11:58): I seek leave to make a short statement. The PRESIDENT: Leave is granted for one minute. Senator RUSTON: Housing is primarily the responsibility of state and territory governments, but the Morrison coalition government works closely in partnership with states and territories, contributing $6 billion a year to improving housing and homelessness outcomes for all Australians. The coalition's National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation's affordable housing bond aggregator has delivered more than $1.3 billion of housing loans, supporting the delivery of more than 1,500 new social and affordable dwellings and refinancing a further 5,000 existing dwellings.