Andrew Bartlett (Queensland, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I refer the minister back to the key part of the initial question. Accepting all that he said, does the minister agree and acknowledge that the many distortions built into our taxation system do have an impact on housing affordability, as was suggested by the Productivity Commission in their inquiry more than three years ago? Is the government at least going to consider the recommendations of the Productivity Commission, which were ignored by the previous government, and examine the impact of our taxation system and the role it plays in exacerbating the housing affordability crisis?