Housing

Maria Kovacic

At the request of Senator Bragg, I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

(i) on 30 June 2026, the Senate agreed to order for the production of documents no. 546, relating to first home guarantees issued by Housing Australia for the 2025-26 financial year, requiring the Minister representing the Minister for Housing to comply by midday on Thursday, 2 July 2026,

(ii) on 2 July 2026, the minister provided an interim response from the Minister for Housing stating that additional time was required to respond to the order,

(iii) on 17 August 2026, the Senate agreed to a further order noting that the original order had not been complied with and requiring the Minister representing the Minister for Housing to comply by midday on 19 August 2026, and

(iv) the order has still not been complied with; and

(b) requires the Minister representing the Minister for Housing to attend the Senate at the start of proceedings on Thursday, 15 October 2026 to provide an explanation, of no more than 5 minutes, of the failure to comply with the order, 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.

Slade Brockman

The question is that general business notice of motion No. 730, as moved by Senator Kovacic, be agreed to.