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.
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