QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator WONG (South Australia—Minister for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:15): I again would make the point that many factors influence the housing market, and I'd refer back again to what Treasury has said. I know you have an interest in trying to find a political point. The reality is the housing market was broken.

Anyone who spoke to engage with young people who were trying to get into the market would know that. We want people to have the same opportunities so many of us have had to own our own home. What we have done is change the tax system so that people have more of that opportunity.

I would again make the point that Senator Bragg himself said— The PRESIDENT: Senator Canavan, a point of order? Senator Canavan: It's on relevance, with less than 20 seconds left. The question went to whether the government has looked at the risks of this happening, not the statements of others.

The PRESIDENT: The minister is being relevant to your question. Minister, please continue. Senator WONG: In fact, I think I responded to that directly.

I think I did respond to it directly— Senator Canavan: No, you didn't. Have you modelled? Senator WONG: I know that you want to say the sky is falling because that's what desperate right-wing opposition parties do, but the sky is not falling.

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