Senator ARBIB (New South Wales—Minister for Sport, Minister for Indigenous Employment and Economic Development and Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness) (14:25): I thank Senator Payne for her question. Senator Payne, I know, is responsible for the COAG area and asks many questions in this chamber about COAG, in particular with respect to housing. In terms of housing, while COAG has processes, what I am concerned about as a minister who deals with social housing and affordable housing day in and day out is results. We are working with our state and territory colleagues to get results in the areas of affordable housing, Indigenous housing and social housing. I have spoken in this chamber on a number of occasions about the work that we have done in terms of the social housing initiative. Already almost 14½ thousand units and premises have been built with the federal government working with the state government, which will help many people who are homeless get access to housing. We have also provided 80,000 repairs under the social housing initiative. As I reported to the Senate, we have now constructed 20,000 dwellings when you include NRAS, the national partnership on social housing— Opposition senators interjecting— Senator ARBIB: I know that those opposite do not care about affordable housing. Under the old coalition government, there was no housing minister and there was no policy for affordable housing, except to blame the states day in and day out. What did then Prime Minister John Howard do? He blamed the states. We know that coalition senators have no commitment whatsoever to affordable housing and no commitment to any plan on housing. They had no plan on housing, except to blame the states for 12 years. That was your policy. (Time expired)