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

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Is the minister further aware that the most recent figures estimate the housing shortage in Australia at over 202,000 dwellings and that is expected to increase to over 300,000 dwellings by 2014? Can the minister advise the Senate of the extent to which the carbon tax will further increase the shortage of housing in Australia?