Andrew Bragg (NSW, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Housing and Homelessness) Share this | Hansard source

I do understand why so many Australians hate politicians, because it is an irritating debate to engage in at times, because we have lived through a massive supply-side failure here. Now, the Treasurer and his cabinet colleagues assert that they have read the book Abundance by Klein and Thompson of New York fame. But I don't think that's right; I don't think they have read the book. If they had read the book, they would have known that the supply-side challenge which we face in Australia, and in other countries, like the US, is one which inhibits the growth that is needed to help people on average incomes actually achieve their goals.

Right now, in Australia, I would say that this shock has exposed that we don't have enough capacity—that we are at the arse end of the food chain, for want of a better expression.