Cameron, Sen Doug

Senator CAMERON (New South Wales) (14:40): My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Cormann. On 23 April the Assistant Treasurer said: 'The housing package will be extraordinarily large. It will be far reaching. It will deal with all the groups on the spectrum of housing. It will be an impressive package. It will be a well-received package.' On last night's 7.30program, John Daley, of the Grattan Institute, said, of the budget's housing affordability measures, 'You'll need a scanning electron microscope to see an impact on prices.' Isn't it clear that, after months of promising the world that the budget would deliver on housing affordability, the budget's housing affordability package is a dud?