Jim Chalmers (Rankin, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

As the Prime Minister made clear yesterday, when he was asked a very similar question, our focus, when it comes to housing, is elsewhere. Our focus is on $32 billion of new investment, including $6 billion in the last budget, to the great credit of the housing minister, who fought for and secured a really substantial boost to housing in the budget. So our focus, when it comes to housing supply, is in new funding in the budget. When it comes to tax reform, once again, our focus is elsewhere. Our focus in tax reform is multinational tax arrangements, so I shout out the assistant minister for introducing the legislation this week to help ensure that multinationals pay their fair share. I know that this is a longstanding commitment from the assistant minister. I pay tribute to him for his work. Our focus when it comes to tax reform is not on the question that we were asked a moment ago. Our focus is on multinationals. Our focus is on build to rent, which you voted against. Our focus is on the PRRT that—

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