Penny Wong SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs
3:12 pm
I have some further information for Senator Bragg in relation to the question asked in question time. The table Senator Bragg referred to was for 2025-26, which was—
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Penny Wong SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs
May I finish? Is that possible? I'm trying to do the right thing. This is a courtesy. Oh, boy! I'll start again. The table Senator Bragg referred to is for 2025-26, which is between HAFF rounds. More than 18,000 HAFF homes were contracted in 2024-25 for rounds 1 and 2. Then round 3 opened in January this year, and more than 21,000 homes are scheduled to be contracted in 2026-27. That means that, by the time the next election comes around, the full 40,000 social and affordable homes in the HAFF will be contracted.