Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for COAG) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Given that the Housing Industry Association estimates that the government’s carbon tax will add $6,240 to the cost of building an average house based on a starting price of $26 per tonne, how does the minister expect developers to absorb those costs and to keep up with the increasing demand for social housing?