Jessica Collins (NSW, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Bragg, I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

(i) on 27 August 2025, the Senate agreed to order for the production of documents no. 119, relating to the Home Guarantee Scheme, requiring the Minister representing the Treasurer to comply with the order by no later than midday on Tuesday, 2 September 2025,

(ii) since that order was agreed to, the Senate has agreed to a further 3 motions concerning the minister's failure to comply with the order, rejected the public interest immunity claim raised by the Minister for Housing and required the Minister representing the Minister for Housing to attend the Senate to provide an explanation of the failure to comply with the order,

(iii) on 5 March 2026, pursuant to an order agreed to by the Senate on 4 March 2026, the Minister representing the Minister for Housing attended the Senate to provide an explanation of the failure to comply with the order,

(iv) the explanation provided by the minister was not satisfactory and did not address the minister's failure to comply with the order, and

(v) the order has still not been complied with; and

(b) requires that the Minister representing the Minister for Housing attend the Senate after the consideration of private senators' bills on Wednesday, 25 March 2026, to provide a further explanation, of no more than 5 minutes, of the failure to comply with the order or to respond in full to 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 30 minutes and shall have precedence over all other business until determined, and senators may speak to the motion for not more than 5 minutes each.