Wendy Askew (Tasmania, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

On behalf of Senator Bragg, I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes:

(i) that order for the production of documents no. 28 (the order) agreed to by the Senate on 24 July 2025, requiring the tabling of any documents that detail the aggregate expenditure made from the Housing Australia Future Fund was not complied with, and

(ii) the necessity that the Senate scrutinise the disbursement and appropriation of Commonwealth funds in the interests of transparency and accountability; and

(b) requires the Minister representing the Minister for Housing to attend the Senate on 27 August 2025, at the conclusion of the consideration of private senators' bills and immediately prior to government business being called on, 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 30 minutes and shall have precedence over all business until determined, and senators may speak to the motion for not more than 5 minutes each.

Slade Brockman (WA, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The question before the chair is that the motion moved by Senator Askew on behalf of Senator Bragg be agreed to.

Slade Brockman (WA, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

General business notices of motion Nos 62 and 63 from Senator Thorpe have been postponed.