HomeBuilder Program

Mr COWDREY (Colton) (14:52): My question is, again, to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer help Alicia from Parkside to access HomeBuilder? With your leave, sir, and that of the house, I will explain.

Leave granted.

Mr COWDREY: Alicia signed a contract for her first home that she was able to afford with the help of HomeBuilder. Her house will be completed by the end of May. After signing the contract for her home Alicia enrolled her son in the local school, but now she is concerned that she will not be able to purchase her first home without the $25,000 grant.

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee—Treasurer) (14:52): Once again, for Alicia, I am happy to make Revenue SA officers available to speak—

Mr Cowdrey: Do something about it. Change it.

The SPEAKER: The member for Colton is on a final warning.

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: —with her—

Mr Cowdrey: Are you a grinch?

The SPEAKER: Treasurer, please be seated. The member for Colton will depart under 137A for the remainder of question time.

The honourable member for Colton having withdrawn from the chamber:

The SPEAKER: The Treasurer has the call.

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: It seemed from the description of Alicia's circumstances that she may be in a slightly different circumstance from some of those who are experiencing difficulties accessing the HomeBuilder grant by virtue of investing or purchasing in the Norwood Green development as described by the member for Colton.

If somebody is building a house, particularly on property they already own then they already have a certificate of title. The requirement is around when construction commences not necessarily when construction completes.

That may not be the circumstance that Alicia is in. I don't obviously have the full particulars from the member for Colton's question, but for her and for the others who have been mentioned in the member for Colton's line of questioning, of course, we are happy to speak with them to make resources available to try to assist them in their circumstances.

However, if it is to access the HomeBuilder grant, that is a scheme that has been closed since April 2021 by the previous Coalition government and is not currently open for changes.