Barbara Pocock (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 164.

Leave granted.

I move the motion as amended:

(1) That a select committee, to be known as the Select Committee on Intergenerational Housing Inequity, be established, on 17 March 2026, to inquire into and report on:

(a) the extent and nature of intergenerational housing inequity in Australia across housing tenure types;

(b) consideration of the laws, policies, practices and services that have been most effective in reducing intergenerational housing inequity in Australia and overseas;

(c) the experience of intergenerational housing inequity on different population cohorts, including but not limited to socio-economic, gender, geographical location, disability, ethnicity and racial status;

(d) the causes of intergenerational housing inequity, including nature and rates of construction, rental policies and practices, tax settings, homelessness policies, lending rules, and public and social housing practices and investment;

(e) the factors that promote or impede action on significant housing reform;

(f) policy, legislative and other options for tackling intergenerational housing inequity and evening the playing field for current and future generations; and

(g) any related matters.

(2) That the committee present its final report by 30 September 2026.

Sue Lines (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The question is that general business notice of motion No. 164, standing in the name of Senator Barbara Pocock, be agreed to.