Scott Ludlam (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move the second reading amendment standing in my name:

At the end of the motion, add:

but the Senate calls on the Government to:

(a)

include energy and water efficiency over the life-cycle of the building, sustainable building materials and sustainable waste management as criteria that National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS) proposals must meet;

(b)

require the Minister to evaluate how the successful NRAS proposals have performed when benchmarked against relevant state and federal standards for each of the mandatory criteria (that is, those listed in Schedule 1, Set 1, paragraph (1)(c) of the draft National Rental Affordability Scheme Regulations 2008) within 3 months of each round of NRAS allocations being announced;

(c)

if any dwellings are found not to be meeting these high standards, require the Minister to review the criteria with the objective of improving the standard of properties approved under the NRAS; and

(d)

provide that NRAS properties must be close to public transport, noting that Schedule 1, Set 1, paragraph (1)(c)(i) of the draft regulations currently provides for proximity of dwellings to transport, but doesn’t specify public transport.

Question negatived.

Original question, as amended, agreed to.

Bills read a second time.