Senator AYRES (New South Wales—Assistant Minister for Trade and Assistant Minister for Manufacturing) (11:41): The net result of today's vote—a conspiracy between Mr Bandt and Mr Dutton and a conspiracy between Mr Chandler-Mather and Mr Taylor—will be 30,000 fewer homes. That will be the consequence of this vote—30,000 fewer homes. The Greens are out there in communities pretending that they care about low-income people and pretending they care about people who need housing. They are going to wear around their neck for year after year after year is the consequence of what they have done today—30,000 fewer homes for low-income Australians. We saw the government's determination on Saturday. The Prime Minister said, 'We're not going to wait for the coalition logjam'—the ideologically convenient alliance between the Trotskyites and student politicians over here and the hard right of the Liberal Party. What did the Prime Minister do? He announced $2 billion of additional social housing expenditure because we on this side are about social housing. What they over there are about is social media. Senator Waters: Are you in government or what? Senator AYRES: That is the difference between the two propositions that have been advanced. There will be 30,000 fewer homes as a consequence of this. And Senator Chisholm is right: Mr Chandler-Mather in his self-indulgent student politician display of— The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT ( Senator Polley ): Senator Ayres, please sit. Senator Hanson-Young, I take it you have a point of order. Senator Hanson-Young: I have a point of order about reflections on other members. Government senators in particular know that that's out of order. I would like it to be withdrawn. Let's do this debate in a respectful way. The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Thank you for that. It's a timely reminder that the interjections from that corner throughout Senator Ayres speech are disorderly. I ask people to show respect. Senator Ayres, you could show courtesy to the chamber and withdraw your comments. I remind people too that, when you refer to Anthony Albanese, his title is Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Senator Ayres. Senator AYRES: Thank you. I'm very happy to withdraw. Th e ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Thank you. Please continue. Senator AYRES: The Greens political party's campaign has been utterly self-indulgent from beginning to finish. I saw posters in my neighbourhood that said the housing crisis was Labor's fault. We've been in government for 12 months, big structural issues there, and what is the nature of the campaign? It is a carping, negative, utterly self-indulgent campaign. And the consequence of this cynical manoeuvre today will be 30,000 fewer homes. We are for social housing; they are for social media, and social media has never built a house yet. No matter what advances there are in artificial intelligence, I can tell you that social media will not ever build a home. What is the government setting about doing? Two billion dollars to build, maintain and repair social housing was announced on Saturday, along with working with the states and territories in a cooperative way to unlock the supply challenges and deal with the challenges of housing. No doubt this will be opposed in every suburb where there are Greens councillors. Not in not in backyard is now not in Max's backyard. There will never be Greens support for development. The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Senator Ayres, please resume your seat. Senator Waters, on a point of order? Senator Waters: It's relevance. Not only is he using the incorrect title, but it's all incorrect. Is this all you've got? Why don't you just build some houses? The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: There is no point of order. Senator Ayres, I invite you to continue. Senator AYRES: I am happy to withdraw— The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Senator Ayres, there's a point of order I foresee coming, Senator Whish-Wilson? Senator Whi sh-Wilson: My point of order is he referred to him as 'Max'. He knows he should use the member for Griffith's full title. The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: I'm sorry I didn't hear that. Senator Ayres, I give you a reminder that everyone should use people's correct titles. Senator Ayres, please continue. Senator AYRES: On Saturday it was announced there would be $2 billion in addition to the government's current package working to build, maintain and repair social housing; working with the states and territories in a cooperative and credible way to unlock the supply of housing and land; dealing in a constructive and effective way with all of the supply chain challenges that exist in the housing industry at the moment; and working with the industry on those questions, not locking the industry out of the discussion. We'll be working carefully through the labour supply and skills challenges issues. Beyond that is the National Housing accord, with 10,000 additional homes from the Commonwealth matched by 10,000 additional homes from the states. We're widening the remit of the National Housing Infrastructure Facility and dealing with the challenges through the National Housing and Homelessness Plan. We're fleshing out and providing more certainty for the regional first home buyers guarantee. We're putting our shoulder behind the wheel with the Help to Buy Scheme. It is okay, in my view—it is a good thing—to argue for more. The problem is that the consequence of voting for this proposition is that there will be less. We are for more; there will be 30,000 fewer homes as a consequence of this proposition. The PRESIDENT: The question is that the suspension motion as moved by Senator Hanson-Young be agreed to.