Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Before the last election, the Prime Minister looked the Australian people in the eye and made them a promise: changes to negative gearing were 'off the table'—not under review or being considered but 'off the table'. That wasn't a suggestion. That was not a 'maybe'. It was a contract with the Australian people, and every home owner, investor, and family planning their future took him at his word. So why is Labor's own leaked cheat sheet for broken promises already rehearsing the excuses for the breaking of the promise tonight?