Ellie Whiteaker (WA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I also rise to take note of answers given in question time. I'll take my lead from Senator Hume, who's just talked a bit about housing. I must say, I'm a little confused about the obsession that those opposite seem to have with, firstly, trying to catch us out on numbers, despite being provided with numbers time and time again in answers to questions in this place and elsewhere, and, also, this idea of a 'spare room' tax. As we've said time and time again—a number of my colleagues on this side of the chamber said it yesterday—it is not an idea that came from government or the round table. I know those opposite are a little bit upset that they weren't invited to the round table, but this wasn't an idea that was mentioned once during those discussions; I make that point to them again.

It's characteristically dishonest of the opposition, who regularly peddle these kinds of lies in an attempt to—