Wednesday,28 August 2024


Questions without notice and ministers statements

Ministers statements: housing


Sonya KILKENNY

Ministers statements: housing

James Newbury: On a point of order, Speaker, it is inappropriate for the minister to use a ministers statement to attack the opposition.

The SPEAKER: I ask the minister to come back to her ministers statement without reflecting on those opposite.

Sonya KILKENNY: It is nasty. How nasty can you get when those opposite look to blame our newest Victorians and our oldest Victorians –

James Newbury: On a point of order, Speaker, the minister is defying your ruling and, I presume, reading from a speech.

The SPEAKER: I ask the minister to come back to her ministers statement and not attack the opposition. Is the minister reading from notes?

Sonya KILKENNY: I am just referring to notes, Speaker. We will not scapegoat. We will not blame our newest Victorians or our oldest Victorians for the housing crisis. We say yes to more homes. We said yes to more homes in Frankston: 100 per cent affordable homes close to public transport, close to services, close to jobs. We said yes to over 300 homes in Sydney Road, Coburg, 195 of them affordable potential homes for nurses, for teachers, for retail workers, in a really fabulous location. And just this week, despite the objections from the member for Brighton, we said yes to 80 more homes in Brighton.

James Newbury: On a point of order, Speaker, the minister has now defied you twice, and I would ask you to ask the minister to deliver something that does not just simply sledge the opposition.

The SPEAKER: The minister will come back to her ministers statement without reflecting on those opposite.

Sonya KILKENNY: The Allan Labor government is saying yes to more homes because this government’s priority is making sure every Victorian has a home that they deserve.

Members interjecting.

Sonya KILKENNY: You can huff and you can puff; you are not blowing any more homes down.