Senator FARRELL (South Australia—Minister for Trade and Tourism, Special Minister of State and Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:33): I thank Senator Pocock for his question and his genuine interest in solving the issues of housing and homelessness on his home turf of the ACT and across the country. I don't accept the fundamental proposition of your question, Senator Pocock. This government is attempting to take action to genuinely resolve this issue. The reason that vital legislation to increase the stock of housing in this country has not passed this parliament, and therefore capable of starting the process of building more houses, is that the Greens, sitting to your left, and the coalition, sitting to your right, have combined to block that legislation. An opposition member interjecting— Senator FARRELL: Well, let's face it. The opposition, when they were in government, did nothing to attempt to solve this problem, and now, when this government is seeking to help resolve the problem, you're seeking to block it. You did nothing when you were in government. You're lined up now with the Greens—and we saw just a moment ago what the Greens are interested in. They're interested in cheap political points. We are not about cheap political points, Senator Pocock. We are an action government. We believe in solving the problems that we inherited from the former government, and that's exactly what we are going to do. But we need to pass that legislation, and we need to pass it now. (Time expired) The PRESIDENT: Senator Pocock, a first supplementary?