Federal election 2025 LIVE: Voters weigh in on Trump impact to election campaign; Dutton quizzed again over son’s house deposit

Opposition leader Peter Dutton has again dodged questions about whether is he helping his own son to save for a house.

Dutton knocked back repeated questions yesterday on whether he would financially help his son Harry with a deposit, after Harry joined his father on the campaign trail and said he was “saving like mad, but it doesn’t look like we’ll get there”.

Appearing on Nine’s Today show from Melbourne this morning, Dutton was asked by host Karl Stefanovic: “So … you’re tight with your son, but not with the country?”

“I have, like every other family, conversations with our kids over a long period of time. They’ve got a good work ethic, they’re all working hard, they’re saving toward their deposit,” Dutton said.

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“In families where you can provide some support, well, you’ll have that conversation with your own kids. But it’s not about our family, it’s about every other family.

“I’m not going to accept a situation where only families with a bank of Mum and Dad, only those kids, can afford to buy a house. I want to make sure that the dream of homeownership is there for every young Australian who is working hard and saving.

“I just think we’re underestimating how much young people have really lost the dream of homeownership, and we’re going to restore it.”