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

I move:

That:

(a) the Senate notes that:

(i) the Government‘s 2014-15 budget will have severe impacts on those Australians most at risk of becoming homeless,

(ii) the consequences of this budget will be an increase in the number of homeless people, and

(iii) the Government has already cut more than $40 million from the capital budget of homeless service providers for shelters and housing for the homeless; and

(b) there be laid on the table, by the Minister representing the Minister for Social Services, no later than noon on Monday, 16 June 2014:

(i) an estimate of the number of additional Australians who will be forced into homelessness as a result of measures taken in the 2014-15 budget, and

(ii) measures that the Government proposes to take to provide adequate emergency accommodation and services, and adequate and affordable housing for people made homeless by measures in the Government‘s 2014-15 budget in addition to those 100 000 already experiencing homelessness in Australia.

I seek leave to make a brief statement.