Senator NAMPIJINPA PRICE (Northern Territory) (17:56): Our nation's housing crisis can't be discussed in isolation from last weekend's events. Thousands of Australians took to the streets to march, with the Australian national flag in hand. Shamefully, members of the government and members of the Greens have sought to mischaracterise these marches and impugn the character of those who marched. The Minister for Multicultural Affairs described the marchers as 'blatantly racist' and having an 'anti-immigration agenda'. Senator Faruqi expediently used the marches to again voice her anti-Westernism and her deranged view that Australians are inherently racist. She said: Racism is the foundation of settler colonial states. This is from the same senator who gleefully stood in front of a placard calling for the extermination of Israel; the same senator who has attended antisemitic rallies where protesters waved terrorist flags; and the same senator who condones the barbarity of Hamas, who are the actual Neo-Nazis of the Middle East. Even the Prime Minister said the tone of much of the rallies was 'unfortunate'. Much of the Left media imbibed and repeated these misrepresentations, again exposing their abandonment of journalistic objectivity. But Australians can see through the false narratives. The vast majority of people who attended those marches are proud and decent Australians who love our country. They marched because they have legitimate concerns—concerns about the impacts of unprecedented mass migration under the Albanese government, and concerns about ruptures to our social cohesion because mass migration has opened the door to people who reject our values. The majority who marched weren't antimigrant or racist. In fact, many who marched were clearly of a migrant background, and they sang our national anthem in solidarity with those around them. These Australians simply want an end to uncontrolled, unplanned— The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Senator Price, I'm sorry to interrupt, but this MPI is on housing. Senator NAMPIJINPA PRICE: Correct. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Okay. I just make that point. You have the call. Senator NAMPIJINPA PRICE: These Australians simply want an end to uncontrolled, unplanned and unsustainable migration. They want the restoration of controlled, planned and sustainable migration. They want these things because they're seeing the ramifications of mass migration with their own eyes. They're seeing a deterioration of local services, where it's harder to get an appointment with a GP or a specialist. They're seeing greater pressures on infrastructure, with more congested transport and wear and tear, of course, on the roads. They're seeing the impact on the housing market, where greater demand for homes has meant less supply. This, in turn, has seen rents soar and home prices skyrocket. By bringing in a record 1.2 million migrants in its first term, Labor has unleashed a housing crisis, and frankly none of the government's policies to boost housing supply are working. Not a single new house was built in the government's first term under its $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund. Moreover, to reach the 1.2 million homes Labor have promised to build by 2029, they'll need to hit a target of 250,000 homes a year, and yet they're building barely 170,000 homes a year. Just yesterday, the ABS confirmed approvals fell by 8.2 per cent in July. Under Labor a record number of building companies have gone bust—big, small, regional, metro. They're all struggling. Labour's disastrous renewables-only energy policy has driven up the cost of living, including housing construction. The building sector has also been hamstrung by a control-obsessed government. Labor has enacted some 5,000 new regulations since coming to power. This overregulation has made it harder and more expensive to build homes. Here's the truth: Labor's housing crisis, its undermining of homeownership and its mass migration agenda all benefit this government. More Australians become dependent on the state, more Australians are forced to rent for longer, and more Australians become reliant on Labor's handouts. That's exactly what this socialist government wants, so it can cling to power at any cost.