Ben Small (Forrest, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

It's not only my question that this government has continued to evade. My colleagues in the Senate have also struggled to receive a clear response as to whether or not this government will tax spare bedrooms. Labor has failed to get their own 1.2 million new homes program on track. They have failed to lower energy prices, as they promised more than 98 times. And they have failed to control migration. So I ask the government again today to officially rule out the spare bedroom tax. Tell Australians who have worked hard and are doing it tough that their spare bedrooms won't be taxed to fund this government's spending spree. You shouldn't have to pay for this government's mistakes. But this is always the problem with big-taxing, big-spending Labor governments: when they run out of money, they come after yours.