Ngaro Alfred; Tisch LindsayALFRED NGARO (National): Thank you thank you! I rise to take a call on this Housing Legislation Amendment Bill. What we have heard from that member Phil Twyford is that that member is a gambling man—he is a gambling man. The reason why I say that is that he realises—and he has led the Labour Party members to believe—that he has got to have one each way. When you go to the bets you are not quite sure whether you are going to win or you are going to lose so what do you do? You take one each way. He has turned around and said on this Housing Legislation Amendment Bill We vote for the special housing areas and the extension of that time period to 3 years. Yes it may not be great but you know what? We have got to make sure we have got there. Why? Because just last week we said there was a national crisis in housing and we believe it needed to be there. We've got to be seen to be acting in a way to make a difference."—yes the member may yawn but I tell you what this is good news. This is good news and here is the reason why—because he has turned around and he wants a bet each way. But you see Mr Twyford—he has blamed it on the Chinese. Chinese-sounding names are the reason to blame for the housing crisis as he has called it. Then he has turned around and blamed it on speculators—he has turned around and said it is the fault of speculators. Next thing you know he will blame it on the boogie—he will find something in his arsenal to say that that is the reason why it has all gone wrong; but that is not the reason why. We believe this legislation is making a difference and it is part of a comprehensive plan around housing. We know that it is not the silver bullet but it is making a difference. It is doing these things: it is extending the period of time which that party agrees with; it is also making sure there are time limits on lodging applications for consents for housing. We know that if you are lodging an application for consent it makes a difference—because you are about to build a house. We know it is making a difference. When it talks about Part 2 in the bill—there was some concern about that but we know that there is a legislative impediment. Treasury has spoken about that. All we are doing is avoiding doubt inside the legislation. We think that is important. We have spent 17 hours—we could have done this in a shorter period of time. We know that this legislation is important; it is making a difference. We do not need to talk much longer because we know this will go through. It is a bill that is important—again along with our actions which we think are making a difference. Actions speak louder than words and we know that our record speaks for itself—85000 houses in 3 years not 10 years. Making a difference in construction—40000 more in the construction industry. All of these things are part of a comprehensive plan to ensure that one thing that will make the difference—it is about more supply and more houses being built. That is what this legislation is achieving. I commend this legislation to the House. The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): I call Su'a William Sio—[Interruption] Order! I have called one of your colleagues."