Department of the Treasury

Wendy Askew

At the request of Senator Bragg, I move:

That—

(a) the Senate 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, with a compliance date of 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, with a compliance date of no later than midday on Tuesday, 2 September 2025,

(iii) since those orders were agreed to, the Senate has agreed to a further 9 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 5 separate occasions,

(iv) most recently, on 12 May 2026, the Minister representing the Minister for Housing attended the Senate to provide an explanation of the failure to comply with the orders or to respond in full to the orders,

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

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

(b) until the Senate resolves that orders for the production of documents nos 27 and 119 have been satisfactorily complied with, the Minister representing the Minister for Housing be required to attend the Senate at the start of proceedings on the first day of each sitting week to provide an explanation, of no more than 5 minutes, of the failure to fully comply with 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, 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. 519, standing in the name of Senator Bragg, be agreed to.