The Election campaign has reached the half-way mark and the contest over housing affordability is heating up. Both leaders blitzed Melbourne seats today visiting housing estates and construction sites each trying to convince younger voters their plan would get them into the housing market.
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00:00His path to victory cuts through the outer suburbs.
00:06Pleasure, mate. How are you? Very good.
00:07In mortgage belt seats where this election will likely be decided.
00:12The Prime Minister made a pit stop in Melbourne's inner suburbs
00:15under pressure to show his housing policies are bearing fruit.
00:19Some people will be moving in pretty soon, obviously.
00:22Promising billions to build many more.
00:25Just part of our $43 billion homes for Australia plan.
00:30On the hustings with son Harry in Labor-held Hawke,
00:33Peter Dutton's accusing Labor of killing the dream of home ownership.
00:37Confirming what he wouldn't yesterday,
00:39that the reality for his kids will be help from the bank of mum and dad.
00:44We'll help them with the deposit at some stage,
00:46and the Prime Minister and I might be able to help our kids,
00:48but it's not about us.
00:49As the campaign enters its third week,
00:51housing affordability is firmly in focus.
00:54And it's not hard to see why.
00:57In the past decade,
00:58median house prices have soared 63%
01:01to over $900,000 across capital cities.
01:05In regional areas, they're up 86%,
01:08sitting around $666,000.
01:12Don't tell Toto.
01:13The Prime Minister brushing off concerns his policies
01:16will see prices go up even further.
01:18I'm not saying that house prices will rise.
01:21But he won't release the Treasury advice underpinning that assertion.
01:25The Treasury advice says the price rise won't be significant.
01:28We don't release Treasury documentation.
01:31The Coalition's plans are focused on making it easier
01:34for young people to get into a home.
01:36We want to make sure that house prices increase.
01:39Over in the West,
01:40Peter Dutton's confronting a Coalition candidate unloading.
01:44Good policy deserves support.
01:46Mia Davies,
01:47the National's candidate for the brand new seat of Bullwinkle,
01:50is strongly backing plans for critical minerals production tax credits.
01:55The only problem is it's a Labor policy,
01:57derided by the Liberals as billions for billionaires.
02:01I'm disappointed that we weren't backing the
02:03West Australian resource sector on this front.
02:05Drawing a sharp response from the Liberal leader,
02:08now publicly endorsing her Liberal opponent.
02:11Matt Moran's doing a fantastic job in Bullwinkle
02:14and I believe he'll be elected as the next member.
02:16While Peter Dutton is dealing with divisions over policy,
02:19Anthony Albanese is playing down any talk of disunity.
02:23After an awkward encounter at Sunday's campaign launch,
02:26the Prime Minister denies there's any bad blood between he and Tanya Plibersek,
02:31confirming she'll remain in Cabinet if Labor wins a second term.
02:36The portfolio, up for debate.