On Tuesday, 28 October 2025, I asked the Premier during Question Time if it is the government's policy that house prices should continue to rise.
You can read my full question and the Premier's response below, or in the official Parliamentary record of proceedings (Hansard) here.
Mr BERKMAN: My question is to the Premier. It is now more expensive to buy a home in Brisbane that in Melbourne, with median prices skyrocketing to almost a million dollars. Is it this government’s policy that house prices should continue to rise?
Mr CRISAFULLI: I thank the honourable member for the question. It is this government’s policy to deliver supply, to deliver opportunity, to enable people to once again dream of the aspiration of owning a home in this great state. It is this government’s plan to deliver infrastructure to protect the lifestyle of those who are here but to welcome new people to this great state wherever they come from provided they have a dream to be part of this state. This state is on the cusp of something very special.
We want to make sure that we can deliver for those people.
Likewise it is this government’s policy to make sure that those who are least fortunate in society have a roof over their head. I want to be part of a state where someone who is doing it tough can have a roof over their head. I want to be part of a state where the community housing sector can feel empowered, valued and respected and have a pipeline of work.
Ms Grace: You just cancelled social and affordable housing!
Mr CRISAFULLI: I am sorry but I am going to take the interjection from the opposition, particularly the member for McConnel. I acknowledge that the honourable member who asked the question has not interjected in the same way, but I must take that interjection. The community housing sector in this state was treated with disdain by the former government, not because they did not have the capacity but because they did have a philosophical aversion to it. I looked and I saw governments of each political persuasion in Victoria and New South Wales enable the community housing sector. They gave them an opportunity to go and be part of the solution to the housing crisis and those opposite refused. One of the first things they did was attack it. Those opposite refused to acknowledge the housing crisis and, on the back of it, people who had their rental renewal coming up were living in fear. They were living in fear.
Everything we do is about supply. It is about aspiration being rewarded. It is about people doing it tough having a safety net. Every change we make is about putting more houses on the ground. At whatever stage of life people are in they have a friend in Queensland. If it is someone doing it tough, they need to know that we want to put a roof over their head. If it is someone who is renting, whether or not they choose to rent and invest their money elsewhere or they are saving for a slice of the great Australian dream, we are on your side.
Mr BERKMAN: Mr Speaker, I rise to a point of order. I appreciate the breadth of the context but the question specifically—
Mr SPEAKER: Order! Hold on. The chatter will cease so I can hear the member for Maiwar.
Mr BERKMAN: My point of order is on relevance. The question was specifically: is the government’s policy that house prices should continue to rise?
Mr SPEAKER: I call the Premier.
Mr CRISAFULLI: The government’s policy is around delivering supply to make sure that the market is able to deliver for people at whatever stage of life they are in. Unlike the member for Maiwar, I do believe in aspiration. I want people to own their own home if they choose. I want them to dream of opportunities in this state.