Dipping into the senate and it is just as much a mess as always, but not as bad as the house today. Which is saying something.

Questions there have focused on the same line of attack on the IRGC listing timing as what we are seeing in the House, although the Coalition have given these questions to Liberal senator Claire Chandler, rather than Michaelia Cash.

There has also been attacks over Labor’s housing policy (criticism is of course very fair, but as always the Coalition misses the mark on what actually needs to be criticised) and Labor’s Tim Ayres responds with:

Senator, just put yourself in the shoes of those young Australians who are facing year after year after year of trying to save for a deposit, and this government has delivered for them consistent with our election commitment an even better proposition, bringing forward 5% home deposits for many young Australians, brings for them, in a practical and real way, some hope of being able to purchase a home and to save a deposit.

For some of them, that means a decade less savings paying somebody else’s mortgage, and what do we have from Senator Bragg – whinging in negativity, trying to find any reason why young Australians should be denied this opportunity?

He said yesterday that the children of billionaires will be getting access to this well, I’ll give you the tip if you’re a billionaire son or daughter and you’re worried (about saving for a deposit)….

He is interrupted, but you get the drift.