Ele Ludemann: Better use for scarce $s

A reporter asked me what I thought of the policy announcement for First Home Grants as I walked out of the National Party conference.

I said I lived on a farm so it wouldn’t affect me and walked on before she could press me.

My answer was wrong. Every policy using taxpayers’ money affects everyone to a greater or lesser degree – even if it’s just that money spent on one policy isn’t available to be spent on another.