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).

Amendment text

At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate calls on the Albanese Government to:

(a) recognise:

(i) that Australia is already the fourth quickest builder of housing in the entire OECD;

(ii) the decision to allow over 1 million arrivals from net immigration and student visas in 12 months is the primary driver of the housing crisis;

(iii) no amount of public expenditure on housing can fix the crisis facing Australians without significant change to the demand side of housing economics; and

(b) abandon its irresponsible immigration intake in order to address the housing crisis".