Senate debates Committees

Select Committee on Intergenerational Housing Inequity; Appointment


Barbara Pocock

Barbara Pocock SA, Australian Greens

4:38 pm

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

Sue Lines President

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