David Feeney (Victoria, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I have a second supplementary question for the minister. Given that the government is putting ABIP in place to support the commercial property sector in the event of the withdrawal of finance by foreign banks—not necessarily because of the viability of these projects in Australia but because of pressures within their own countries—can the minister please explain why it is so critical now that the government supports the commercial property sector?