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

At the request of Senator Bragg, I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

(i) order for the production of documents no. 27, agreed to by the Senate on 24 July 2025, requesting that the Minister representing the Treasurer, by no later than midday on Monday, 28 July 2025, table all documents relating to any advice provided by the Treasury to the Treasurer and the Minister for Housing since 1 January 2025 in relation to the Government's plan to invest $10 billion for 100,000 new homes for first home buyers and any advice provided to the Treasurer and the Minister for Housing since 1 January 2025 in relation to the Government's plan to enable first home buyers to purchase a home with a 5% deposit was only partially complied with,

(ii) the tabled documents do not provide any briefings/modelling conducted by the Treasury into the scheme, as sought by the order,

(iii) the minister's explanation to the Senate pertaining to the failure to adequately comply with the order did not provide a credible response as to why the requested documents have not been released in their entirety, and

(iv) the Prime Minister has previously stated that the Treasury's briefing/modelling indicated an increase in house prices of 0.5%; and

(b) requires the Minister representing the Treasurer to comply with the order by no later than 5.30 pm on Thursday, 6 November 2025.

Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to make a short statement.

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

Leave is granted for one minute.

Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The government will not be supporting this motion. The government has already responded to Senator Bragg's order for the production of documents. A number of documents had been identified as being in scope; two of them were released. PII claims were made over the rest of them because almost all of the rest were cabinet submissions or ERC submissions. PII claims were made over others because the policy for the 100,000 homes is negotiated with states and territories, and we would have to negotiate with them over the release of those documents.

This motion also seeks the Minister representing the Treasurer to comply with the order by no later than 5.30 today. I just wanted to let the Senate know that there are no further documents that I am in position to be able to table by 5.30 today. So the government will not be supporting this, because we cannot comply with the terms of the OPD.

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

The question is that general business notice of motion No. 244, standing in the name of Senator Bragg, be agreed to.