Senate debates
Monday, 25 August 2025
Questions without Notice
Housing
2:16 pm
Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source
I am advised that the NCC 2022 will continue to be adopted, including seven-star energy efficiency, better insulation, higher quality glazing, smarter floor plans and liveable housing provisions. I am advised that final advice on the 2025 NCC from the Australian Building Codes Board in the coming weeks will be provided. Following that, ministers will meet to discuss a final position. I'm also advised that that code has been consulted on for more than a year. I'm sure that Senator Ayres has way more information than I on this detail, and I'm grateful to him for providing me with that brief via Senator Gallagher.
But I would make a broader point: your party has been determinedly against every additional supply measure that we have put forward. Australians firmly rejected that. You should explain to them why you have not— (Time expired)
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