Chris Bowen (McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

The minister at the table is at it again! He can't help himself—'Mr Comprehensive Housing Plan' over here. He has been sitting at the feet of the Treasurer learning from him, hasn't he? He's been doing it too, because he told us there would be a comprehensive, sweeping housing affordability plan in the budget. That's what he told us. The minister said: 'You are going to be blown away! It's going to be so big, it's going to be the biggest housing plan since Chifley.' We were told it was going to be just ginormous. Expectation management isn't your strong point, Sport! You've got to do better at expectations management, because what we saw was a damp squib from the minister at the table—a complete grab-bag of little measures, some of which are counterproductive and others which don't amount to two-fifths of zero when it comes to housing affordability.

We see the government again talking a big game. They are talking a big game, saying: 'We're going to deliver housing affordability. We're going to deliver big personal income tax cuts.'

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