One Nation presents punishment of migrants as practical policy, while First Nations people remember the original housing theft was called settlement.

First Nations people have been asked to appreciate the simplicity of One Nation’s housing pitch, which seeks to help Australians find homes by identifying other Australians who apparently should not have them.

The policy, praised in certain quarters as straight talking, skips over land banking, short-stay rentals, investor concessions, public housing backlogs and wages, choosing instead the efficient national pastime of blaming migrants for a problem governments carefully built over decades.

“People say housing is complicated” said one imaginary One Nation housing adviser. “But once you stop asking why a basic human need became an investment product, it becomes much easier to blame the family next door.”

An Aboriginal housing worker said the idea had a familiar ring.

“We’ve had governments manage our homes, move our families and tell us where we belong for generations” she said. “Now they’re acting like eviction is a new policy innovation. Please. That yarn has old boots.”

Economists noted that kicking people out of houses does not build houses, but conceded it may create a strong feeling of doing something for voters who enjoy policy delivered as a door knock.

The party said a detailed costings document would be available once someone translated “send them back” into spreadsheet language.