Senator WONG (South Australia—Minister for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:36): I'm asked about housing numbers. Can I give you a housing number, Senator? I'll give you the number of 80,000 homes that you are trying to stop being built, with the position that you have announced in the opposition to the build-to-rent regulations. I would make this point: we are getting on the job. We are delivering 55,000 social and affordable homes; 18,000 homes are in planning or construction through the HAFF and— The PRESIDENT: Minister, please resume your seat. Senator Bragg? Senator Bragg: I'm reluctant to have to raise a point of order, but the question was very clear: how many houses has the Housing Australia Future Fund completed—built? The PRESIDENT: I believe the minister is being relevant. I will listen. Senator WONG: Already 18,000 homes are in planning and construction through the Housing Australia Future Fund and the National Housing Accord. I'll give you another number, Senator: 5,000 social and affordable homes that, during the caretaker period, we asked you for support to sign contracts on, and you refused. So this opposition— Honourable senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order! I can barely hear the minister's response. Senator WONG: So not only did the coalition delay the Housing Australia Future Fund, thereby holding up additional supply— Honourable senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order! I am waiting for order. Senator Ruston interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Senator Ruston, I'm not quite sure which part of me calling for order you failed to respond to. Senator WONG: Not only did the coalition delay the Housing Australia Future Fund, thereby preventing housing construction from starting, but during the election campaign the minister wrote to the opposition asking that 5,000 homes could proceed under the caretaker conventions, and you said no. Now you have 80,000 homes— The PRESIDENT: Minister Wong, please resume your seat. Senator Cash? Senator Cash: It's a point of order in relation to direct relevance. The question, with all due respect, could not have been clearer: does the minister know how many homes that have been built? There is a fundamental difference between a built home and a press release. The PRESIDENT: I'll draw the minister back to the question. Senator WONG: As I said, I've already given the number of houses which are currently in planning or construction under the HAFF and the National Housing Accord facility. I think it is reasonable— The PRESIDENT: Minister, please resume your seat. Senator Bragg? Senator Bragg: Point of order on relevance—the question was: how many have been built? The PRESIDENT: I think the minister is being relevant to the question, Senator Bragg. Senator WONG: Senator Bragg, I know that you don't want to see 580 HAFF projects in Merrylands delivered, 10 in Casino and South Grafton, 144 in Maroubra, 221 in Macquarie Park and Lane Cove and— (Time expired) The PRESIDENT: Senator Bragg, first supplementary?