Housing Australia Future Fund Bill 2023 and two others

The majority voted against an amendment to the usual second reading motion, which is "that the bill be read a second time" (parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill).

Motion text

At the end of the motion, add “, but the Senate:

(a) notes that:

(i) Australia is in the middle of a rental crisis, and

(ii) Labor had the power and opportunity to freeze and cap rent increases through National Cabinet, but refused despite the fact Labor holds government federally and in every state and territory on the mainland; and

(b) agrees that every rent rise from here on out is Labor's fault and that unlimited rent rises should be illegal; and

(c) calls on the Federal Labor Government to coordinate a 2-year freeze on rent increases, followed by ongoing caps of 2%, through National Cabinet”.