Commonwealth Assistant Minister to the Treasurer Michael Sukkar, who has been tasked with finding solutions to Australia's housing affordability crisis, recently told young people that the first step to being able to buy a home is to "get a highly paid job".

In the same week, his Government supported calls to cut penalty rates for workers.

NSW Greens spokesperson on Housing, Jenny Leong MP, called out the hypocrisy of our Federal Coalition Government in a Parliamentary motion.