Senator BRANDIS (Queensland—Attorney-General, Vice-President of the Executive Council and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:02): I think what Labor have done on negative gearing is become jingoistic on housing affordability policy. They believe in silver bullets. It is foolish and it is reckless, and it does not help anybody. The way that Mr Shorten and, indeed, Mr Bowen and the others have engaged in addressing Australians' frustration at the moment with the politics— The PRESIDENT: Pause the clock. Senator Cameron, a point of order? Senator Cameron: Mr President, a point of order on relevance. My question was about ruling it out and I would like a clear, unequivocal response to that. The PRESIDENT: Thank you, Senator Cameron. I will remind the Attorney-General of the question. Senator BRANDIS: I have already addressed that matter, Mr President, in my answer to both the primary question and the first supplementary question. I go on to observe that the way that Mr Shorten and, indeed, Mr Bowen and others have engaged in addressing Australians' frustration at the moment with the politics of populism and denial is a cruel hoax. It is not going to help anybody buy a home; it is going to make people and their families see their rents go up. So I will leave that to the Labor Party to wear that consequence of their policies.