Fatima Payman (WA, Australia's Voice) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

(i) the Minister representing the Minister for Housing has failed to comply with order for the production of documents no. 208, agreed to on 3 November 2025, relating to the Australian Government's 5% deposit scheme,

(ii) in a letter dated 26 November 2025, the Minister for Housing advised that more time was required to comply with the order, and

(iii) more than 2 months on from this letter being tabled, no substantive response has been provided; and

(b) requires the Minister representing the Minister for Housing to attend the Senate on 5 February 2026, at the conclusion of question time, to provide an explanation of no more than 5 minutes of the failure to comply with the order, and that:

(i) any senator may move to take note of the explanation, and

(ii) any such motion may be debated for no longer than 20 minutes and shall have precedence over all business until determined, and senators may speak to the motion for not more than 5 minutes each.