Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has taken his son Harry on the campaign trail as the Liberal leader's pitch to first home buyers takes on a family theme.
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00:00It was a family affair for Peter Dutton today as he brought his son Harry to the outskirts
00:07of Brisbane to see some newly constructed homes and perhaps Harry himself might buy
00:12one. He told reporters that he was in the market for a home and saving like mad. Although
00:17his father wasn't too keen to answer when asked whether he might dip into his pocket,
00:22the bank of mum and dad, of course, exactly the kind of thing the coalition wants to end
00:26with its proposal to make mortgage interest payments tax deductible for first home buyers,
00:32provided they buy new homes like the ones that we visited today in that Greens held seat.
00:37It's one of two seats the Greens, one off the Liberal Party in the 2022 election here in
00:43Brisbane and Peter Dutton wants both of them back. Both candidates were alongside the opposition
00:48leader in Ryan and later on in the day in the seat of Griffith at the food bank distribution
00:53centre behind me where the coalition announced that if re-elected it would give nearly $20 million
00:57to the charity food bank for Australians struggling to afford to put food on the table. It's part of
01:03the cost of living message but housing really is the number one theme of the day. Peter Dutton
01:08is battling against economists who continue to say that his policy by pushing up demand
01:12will push up house prices. Peter Dutton was happy to say he did want house prices to go up provided
01:18that they did so sustainably and within moderation. I want to see them steadily increase. I don't want
01:23to see a situation where Labor crashes the economy and somebody who's paid $750,000 for a house today
01:30is worth $600,000 in 18 months time under an Albanese bank government. That would be a disaster.
01:36Exactly what that means remains to be seen but in the meantime the coalition is keen to argue
01:40that by promoting new builds will also boost housing supply, a longer term solution to the housing
01:47crisis. That is what they want first home buyers to hear from them.