Labor shields hapless Housing Australia from scrutiny

In a desperate effort, Labor deliberately filibustered the Senate Economics Committee hearing to protect their housing agency from Senators’ questions. 

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In effect, Labor cancelled the appearance of Housing Australia to avoid embarrassment. 

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Labor Senators (the government) asked APRA questions for an hour to ensure there was no opportunity to inquire into the Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) boondoggle.

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Labor has been so desperate to cover up their failure to build a single house in three years that they falsely attributed 340 houses as being built by the HAFF. 

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Finance Minister Gallagher told Senate Estimates that the 340 houses were “acquired” not built. This massive disclosure on Wednesday afternoon clearly drove the filibuster. 

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The Coalition had many questions for Housing Australia including:

• Is the HAFF actually on a duck?
• How were the 340 houses acquired? 
• Which parties have won contracts in the failed tender process? 
• How many NDAs have been foisted onto tender participants? 
• How many "availability payments" have been made to institutional investors? 

These are questions Labor is desperate to cover up. The questions will not go away.

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