Jenny McAllister (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme) Share this | Hansard source

Thanks for your question, Senator Pocock. The broad answer is that we expect Defence Housing Australia to comply with all the environmental requirements in all the jurisdictions in which it operates. I'm not in a position to provide particular information about a particular development in the ACT. I'm aware it's one that you have a strong interest in. There will be other occasions in the Senate program where you can ask questions of officials, including at estimates, about the way they're approaching particular developments. The broad implications of the legislation before us are simply to allow Defence Housing Australia to provide housing support to a broader range of categories of persons than is presently the case under the existing legislation.