We are weeks away from Christmas. For many young people, this will be an incredibly difficult time because it will be their first time away from home for Christmas. These are young people who have been forced to go abroad because they feel they have no ability to build a life here. Some families will have the delight of having their children home only to have the gut-wrenching experience of them leaving again after Christmas to return to Australia, Canada and beyond.

We have heard again today that more young people are leaving our shores. This is the legacy of the Government. Why is the Government continuing to fail our younger generation? Many of them feel they have no choice but to leave.

I thank the Deputy. I think more people are coming home than are leaving.

That is correct.

More people are choosing to come back to this country to work, start families and set down roots. We can choose whichever facts we want but there are more people coming home. To answer the Deputy's point, we built more houses last year, are building more this year and will continue to build more next year to respond to the demands and needs that are there and to ensure young people have an opportunity in this country not only to have their own homes but also to buy their own homes.