Senator McGRATH (Queensland) (18:02): I have come here to the rescue. But I would like to commend Senator Lambie for bringing the Greens into this housing debate. What we need to do is just remember what this debate is about: The Albanese Labor Government's high taxing and high spending strategy is killing the Great Australian Dream of owning a home, their hapless policies have been widely recognised as ineffective, and interest rates staying higher for longer in placing even more pressure on Australian families who are already doing it tough. Senator McKim interjecting— The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Senator Hughes on a point of order? Senator Hughes: My point of order is that I'm sitting in front of Senator McGrath and I can barely hear him over— Senator McKim interjecting— The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: I ask for a bit of order at the back end of the chamber. Senator McGRATH: I think the back end of the chamber needs more than a bit of order; we need some common sense in the back end of the chamber, because the Greens political party are a clear and present danger to the Australian economy. They are not just a clear and present danger to the Australian economy; they are a clear and present danger to the social supports that are in Australia at the moment. We have the Greens in their housing policies talking about a rent freeze. A rent freeze is something that would come from a first-year social studies student, someone who doesn't understand the basics of economics. But then again I repeat myself because we have the Greens political party. The Greens political party has Senator Faruqi, who bulldozed 20 homes that koalas were living in in order to build a townhouse. So we have a property developer in Senator Faruqi. Then we have the Greens members of parliament in Queensland, who go around their electorates talking about the importance of housing and how important it is for people to have a home. But, if anyone ever proposes building a home in Queensland, the first person to oppose the building of that home will be the local Green MP, because the Greens political party are a party of hypocrites. I'll get to their antisemitism and their racism later tonight, but they are a party of hypocrites when it comes to housing. These are the people who believe that the great Australian dream is to be homeless on the street, living in a cardboard box. That is the great Australian dream—living in a cardboard box—whereas we in the coalition believe the great Australian dream is owning your own home. We in the coalition believe that you should be able to use your super—because it is your super—in order to build or buy your own home. But, no, that is not what the Greens believe. They want you to live in the gutter. They want you to live in the cardboard boxes. They weaponise housing, because they take the politics of envy to the darkest heart of their soul. The Greens, that antisemitic, racist party—that's what they specialise in. They specialise in division in this country. They specialise in going to protests. Let us hear a Greens politician condemn the murders in Israel. Well, we won't hear that. Let a Greens politician talk about the great Australian dream. We won't hear that from them either. Honourable senators interjecting— The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT ( Senator Pratt ): Order, Senators! Senator McGRATH: They are not just the fairies at the bottom of the garden; they are the dangerous fairies at the bottom of the garden. They are goblins. They are evil orcs, actually. They are the orcs at the bottom of the garden. I blame the Labor Party, because you do preference deals with them. The only reason these people have any relevance is because you preference them. So I call upon the Labor Party— Senator Henderson: Put them last! Senator McGRATH: to put them last. Put the Greens last. Put that antisemitic, racist party last. Make sure that you preference any other party rather than— The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Take your seat, Senator McGrath. Senator Shoebridge, on a point of order, I presume? That's the only ability you have to interrupt the debate, so what's your point of order? Senator Shoebridge: I assume that Senator McGrath's going to tell us what he told Mr Wadsworth—is that right? Is he going to tell us— The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: That's not a point of order. Senator McGrath, you have the call. Senator McGRATH: I would tell the Greens to find some common sense and stop being such hateful, horrible individuals. People who despise Australian Jewish people—that's what the Greens political party has become. You are the antisemitic party. You should be ashamed of yourselves! It is a blot on Australian democracy that antisemites like you sit in this chamber. It is a blot on our liberal democracy that antisemites like you use parliamentary privilege to defame Australians. This is what our democracy has come to. Senator Faruqi: You are a disgrace! Senator Hughes: You called for the destruction of Israel. You're an antisemite. The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Order! Senator McKim, on your point of order. Senator McKim: The point of order is section 193(3) of the standing orders, on imputations of improper motive. I'm not going to cop being called an antisemite by a guy who got sacked by Boris Johnson for being a racist! Senator McGrath: That's beside the point. The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Senator McGrath. Senator McGRATH: Senator McKim, that great oxygen thief from Tasmania! Your greatest contribution to political life would be to immediately withdraw from it. What have you done for public policy in Australia? Absolutely nothing. The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Senator McGrath, take your seat. Senator McKim. Senator McKim: I'm just wondering if you could rule on my point of order that describing a group of senators as antisemites is contrary to section 193(3) of the standing orders. Senator McGrath: On that point of order— The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: I don't need your intervention, Senator McGrath. I will take advice. But I let Senator McGrath continue on the basis that it was attributed to a group, a party, rather than an individual. I will seek advice, should my interpretation be wrong. Senator McGrath. Senator McGRATH: They're worried because it's come too close to the bone. That's the issue with the Greens. They are the new nasty party of Australian politics. They are the party who are supposed to be about progressive politics, but they are about nasty politics. They're the party that wants to break us down by race. This is the party that should be thrown out of the chamber. This is the party who the Australian Labor Party should put last at the next election. This is the party who the Labor Party in Queensland should put last, but they won't, because the only way you can stay in power is by doing a preference deal with this horrible, nasty, racist bunch of people who live in that Greens political sphere. Put them last. Throw them out of this place. Honourable senators interjecting— The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Senators, the time for the debate has expired. Senator Shoebridge interjecting— The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT ( Senator Pratt ): Senator McGrath, what is your point of order? Senator McGrath: Senator Shoebridge has just impugned me. I ask you to ask him to withdraw please. The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: I did not hear what Senator Shoebridge said. Senator Shoebridge, you understand the standing orders. Is there something you said you need to withdraw? I'll ask you to reflect on that. Senator Shoebridge: In compliance with the standing orders, although it is true, I withdraw it. The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: I asked you to reflect on whether your remarks were within the standing orders or not. If they're not, you need to withdraw unconditionally. Senator Shoebridge: Yes, I will reflect on it. I'll seek the advice of my colleagues. Senator McGrath: You should withdraw. You really are a grub, aren't you? The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Senator McGrath! Senator McGrath: I withdraw. The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: The time for this discussion has expired.