‘It’s a sham’: Chris Bowen targets Scott Morrison over housing package, debt blowout – The Sydney Morning Herald

The federal government’s housing affordability package is a “sham”, Labor’s Chris Bowen says, and the measures set out in the 2017 budget will simply drive up prices.

Mr Bowen, in his budget reply speech at the National Press Club on Wednesday, will slam the Coalition for quietly raising Australia’s debt ceiling to $600 billion on budget day and forecasting gross debt could hit $725 billion.