QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator O'SULLIVAN (Western Australia—Deputy Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) (14:58): According to Roy Morgan, 1.19 million Australians are in mortgage stress and 830,000 are in extreme stress, after interest rates have risen 15 times under Labor. Many Australians have been forced to sell their homes, while auction clearance rates have fallen to their lowest level since the early days of the pandemic.

Was this uncertainty a deliberate effect of your new taxes?