QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator WONG (South Australia—Minister for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:02): The Treasurer could not have been clearer on Sunday about our intentions— Opposition senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order! I'd like to hear the minister's response, and, for that to happen, I need order in the chamber. Senator WONG: The Treasurer has made the government's position clear.

As I said, this goes to grandfathering arrangements. What I again say to the opposition is no-one in this, perhaps other than you—I think very few Australians believe that the status quo is working for so many Australians, and we on this side want more people to be able to own their own home. That's fundamentally the logic and the motivation behind the legislation which has now passed this parliament.

The PRESIDENT: Senator Duniam, second supplementary?