Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

price-gouging in this space, because, to the extent that it occurs, it obviously does not help with ensuring housing affordability. There have been a number of reviews over recent years that have found that restrictive planning controls and inefficient development assessment processes at the state or territory level reduce the efficiency of the housing market and add to the cost of housing. Indeed, the housing supply and affordability reform council—

Opposition senators interjecting—