Department of the Treasury, Home Guarantee Scheme

Ross Cadell

At the request of Senator Bragg, I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

(i) on 24 July 2025, the Senate agreed to order for the production of documents no. 27, relating to Treasury advice concerning first home buyers, requiring the Minister representing the Treasurer to comply with the order by no later than midday on Monday, 28 July 2025,

(ii) on 27 August 2025, the Senate agreed to order for the production of documents no. 119, relating to the Home Guarantee Scheme, requiring the Minister representing the Treasurer to comply with the order by no later than midday on Tuesday, 2 September 2025,

(iii) since those orders were agreed to, the Senate has agreed to a further 8 motions concerning the minister's failure to comply with the orders, rejected a public interest immunity claim raised by the Minister for Housing and required a minister to attend the Senate to provide an explanation of the failure to comply with the orders on 4 separate occasions,

(iv) most recently, on 25 March 2026, the Minister representing the Minister for Housing attended the Senate to provide a second explanation of the failure to comply with order for the production of documents no. 119 or to respond in full to the order,

(v) the additional explanation provided by the minister was not satisfactory and did not address the minister's failure to comply with the order, and

(vi) the orders have still not been fully complied with; and

(b) requires the Minister representing the Minister for Housing to attend the Senate immediately following the consideration of any proposals under standing order 75 on Tuesday, 12 May 2026, to provide an explanation, of no more than 5 minutes, of the failure to comply with the orders or to respond in full to the orders, and that:

(i) any senator may move to take note of the explanation, and

(ii) any such motion may be debated for no longer than 30 minutes and shall have precedence over all other business until determined, and senators may speak to the motion for not more than 5 minutes each.

Sue Lines

The question is that general business notice of motion No. 476, standing in the name of Senator Bragg and moved by Senator Cadell, be agreed to.