Wendy Askew

At the request of Senator Bragg, I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 460.

Leave granted.

I amend the motion in the terms circulated in the chamber and move:

That—

(a) the Senate notes that:

(i) on 24 July 2025, the Senate agreed to order for the production of documents no. 27, relating to Treasury advice concerning first home buyers, requiring the Minister representing the Treasurer to comply with the order by no later than midday, on Monday, 28 July 2025,

(ii) on 27 August 2025, the Senate agreed to order for the production of documents no. 119, relating to the Home Guarantee Scheme, requiring the Minister representing the Treasurer to comply with the order by no later than midday on Tuesday, 2 September 2025,

(iii) since those orders were agreed to, the Senate has agreed to a further 7 motions concerning the minister's failure to comply with the orders, rejected a public interest immunity claim raised by the Minister for Housing and required a Ministerto attend the Senate to provide an explanation of the failure to comply with the orders on three separate occasions,

(iv) most recently, on 25 March 2026, the Minister representing the Minister for Housing attended the Senate to provide a second explanation of the failure to comply with order for the production of documents no. 119or to respond in full to the order,

(v) the additional explanation provided by the Minister was not satisfactory and did not address the minister's failure to comply with the order, and

(vi) the orders have still not been fully complied with; and

(b) the Minister representing the Minister for Housing be required to attend the Senate at the start of proceedings on Tuesday, 31 March 2026, to provide an explanation, of no more than 5 minutes, of the failure to comply with the orders or to respond in full to the orders , 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, shall have precedence over all other business until determined, and senators may speak to the motion for not more than 5 minutes each.

As listed on pages 7 and 8 of today's Notice Paper

Katy Gallagher

I seek leave to make a short statement.

Sue Lines

Leave is granted for one minute.

Katy Gallagher

The government will be opposing this motion and the amendments that have been circulated. Orders 27 and 119 are for entirely different documents. The attempt to link them together in one motion is a poor attempt from Senator Bragg, who has realised four months later that he got his own OPDs mixed up. In response to order 119, the government has already provided exactly what Senator Bragg asked for. Senator Bragg continues to move compliance motions in relation to OPD 119, an order that specifically seeks 'any correspondence or documents relating to modelling done by the Treasury regarding the contingent liability' of the Home Guarantee Scheme. That modelling is laid out for him in the documents already produced. I'm happy to provide him with a copy of his own motion if he doesn't understand. Order 119 was not for home price impact modelling.

Sue Lines

The question is that general business notice of motion No. 460 standing in the name of Senator Bragg, moved and amended by Senator Askew, be agreed to.

Wendy Askew

At the request of Senator Bragg, I move:

That—

(a) the Senate notes that:

(i) order for the production of documents no. 371, relating to Housing Australia staff surveys, required the Minister representing the Minister for Housing to comply with the order by midday on Wednesday, 4 March 2026, and

(ii) the order has not been complied with;

(b) the Senate requires the Minister representing the Minister for Housing to comply with the order by no later than midday on Monday, 30 March 2026; and

(c) if the order has still not been fully complied with by midday on Wednesday, 1 April 2026, the Minister representing the Minister for Housing be required to attend the Senate at the start of proceedings on the Tuesday of each sitting week, starting with, Tuesday, 12 May 2026, 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, shall have precedence over all other business until determined, and senators may speak to the motion for not more than 5 minutes each.

Katy Gallagher

I seek leave to make a short statement.

Sue Lines

Leave is granted for one minute.

Katy Gallagher

The government will be opposing this motion. This order seeks documents relating to surveys of Housing Australia staff. Despite the fact that the Senate's order gave a deadline some four hours before the motion was even agreed to, I'm happy to advise that documents will be produced in response to this order imminently.

Fatima Payman

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that the Minister representing the Minister for Housing has failed to comply with order for the production of documents no. 208, agreed to on 3 November 2025, relating to the Australian Government 5% deposit scheme; and

(b) requires the Minister representing the Minister for Housing to comply with the order by no later than midday on 14 April 2026.

Sue Lines

The question is that general business notice of motion No. 395, standing in the name of Senator Payman, be agreed to.

Karen Grogan

I present the fourth report of 2026 of the Selection of Bills Committee and I seek leave to have the report incorporated in Hansard.

Leave granted.

The report read as follows—

Selection of Bills Committee

REPORT NO. 4 OF 2026

26 March 2026

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

Senator Tony Sheldon (Government Whip, Chair)

Senator Wendy Askew (Opposition Whip)

Senator Sean Bell (One Nation Whip)

Senator Nick McKim (Australian Greens Whip)

Senator Ralph Babet

Senator Leah Blyth

Senator Cadell (Nationals Whip)

Senator the Hon. Anthony Chisholm

Senator Jessica Collins

Senator the Hon. Katy Gallagher

Senator Jacqui Lambie

Senator Fatima Payman

Senator David Pocock

Senator Lidia Thorpe

Secretary: Tim Bryant 02 6277 3020

SELECTION OF BILLS COMMITTEE

REPORT NO. 4 OF 2026

1. The committee met in private session on Wednesday, 25 March 2026 at 7.10 pm.

2. The committee recommends that the Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment (Omnibus No. 1) Bill 2026 be referred immediately to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 1 May 2026 (see appendix 1 for statement of reasons for referral).

3. The committee recommends that the Export Control Amendment (Clarifying Obligations Relating to Registered Establishments) Bill 2026 not be referred to a committee.

4. The committee deferred consideration of the following bills to its next meeting:

5. The committee considered the following bills but was unable to reach agreement:

(Tony Sheldon)

Chair 25 March 2026

Appendix 1

SELECTION OF BILLS COMMITTEE

Proposal to refer a bill to a committee

Name of bill:

Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment (Omnibus No. 1) Bill 2026 (Originated in the House of Representatives on Wednesday 11 March 2026)

Reasons for referral/principal issues for consideration:

To scrutinise this legislation and to hear from stakeholders.

Possible submissions or evidence from:

Interested parties and stakeholders

Committee to which bill is to be referred:

Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee

Possible hearing date(s): March—April 2026

Possible reporting date: 1 MAY 2026

(signed)

Wendy Askew 15

I move:

That the report be adopted.

Katy Gallagher

I move:

At the end of the motion, add ", and the following bills not be referred to committees:

(a) Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment Bill 2026;

(b) Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission Bill 2026

Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (National Policing Information Charges) Bill 2026; and

(c) Defence Amendment (Parliamentary Approval of Overseas Service) Bill 2020".

Jonathon Duniam

I move:

At the end of the motion, add:

", and the Treasury Laws Amendment (Doubling Penalties for ACCC Enforcement) Bill 2026 not be referred to a committee.

David Shoebridge

At the request of Senator McKim, I move:

At the end of the motion, add:

"and, in respect of:

(a) the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment Bill 2026, the provisions of the bill be referred immediately to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 8 May 2026;

(b) the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission Bill 2026 and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (National Policing Information Charges) Bill 2026, the provisions of the bills be referred immediately to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 11 August 2026;

(c) the Defence Amendment (Parliamentary Approval of Overseas Service) Bill 2020, the bill be referred immediately to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 29 June 2026; and

(d) the Treasury Laws Amendment (Doubling Penalties for ACCC Enforcement) Bill 2026, the provisions of the bill be referred immediately to the Economics Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 31 March 2026".

Isn't this extraordinary? We are now four weeks into your war of choice—the Labor, One Nation and Liberal war of choice—in the Middle East, the war of choice that is being felt across the Middle East with thousands of deaths and wide-scale destruction. It is being felt across the world with economic chaos, and it's being felt in homes across this country. Australians across this country right now are paying the price for Labor, the coalition and One Nation—the war parties—championing this war of choice by Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, and you don't even have the guts to have a hearing into a war powers bill that would give the parliament and the Australian public a say before you go into your next disastrous US forever war.

Let's be clear about what's behind this. Australians across the country are worried about whether they're going to be able to fill up their petrol tanks. They're worried about the cost of it. They are desperately concerned about what it means for their jobs. They are worried about whether, over Easter, they will be able to go down and visit family and friends, because they may not be able to fill up their petrol tanks to get back. They are worried about the world spiralling into chaos. They're deeply concerned about the deaths they're seeing in the Middle East. And do you know whose interests the Albanese Labor government took into account? No doubt there was a phone call between the Prime Minister and Donald Trump.

I wonder if they mentioned Donald Trump's thousands and thousands of mentions in the Epstein files in that phone call. Whose national interest is being advanced here? It is not the interests of the Australian people. The Albanese government is betraying the Australian people because they're siding with Donald Trump, a mate of Jeffrey Epstein. They're siding with Benjamin Netanyahu, who's running a war to get re-elected. They're putting the interests of those two vile men ahead of the interests of Australians.

They're throwing our economy into chaos. They're throwing people out of work. They're doing this all because the Labor Party, One Nation and the coalition put the interests of Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of the interests of the Australian people, who elected them to this place not to serve the interests of the one per cent, not to serve the interests of Donald Trump and not to serve the interests of Bejamin Netanyahu. You're meant to be serving the interests of the Australian people. Is it any wonder you don't want them to have a say on whether we go to war, because you're going to war for the one per cent. You're going to war for the fossil fuel companies, who are making record profits. You're going to war for Donald Trump and the Epstein class. You're going to war for Benjamin Netanyahu so he can get re-elected in Israel. And you do not give a rat's about the interests of the Australian people. It is an obscene betrayal that we are seeing.

When people across the country are wondering if they're going to be able to afford to fill up their car, wondering if their job is going to be secure, wondering why this is happening to them, the answer is: because Labor has a phone call with Donald Trump, where Prime Minister Albanese gets on the phone with Donald Trump and says, 'How can we help? How can we support you?' because Donald Trump is of more interest—keeping him happy, making sure he doesn't get angry and maybe cancels AUKUS or maybe says mean things about us. That's who you put ahead of the Australian people.

So is it any wonder you—the three war parties—are joining up now to prevent this bill, which, if it got through, would make sure the parliament had to have a say before you joined the next Trump war? Is it any wonder we're seeing the three war parties join up to vote against it? I see you at different times wrapping yourself in the Australian flag and pretending you care about Australia. Why don't you just wrap yourselves in the US flag, wrap yourselves in whatever present Benjamin Netanyahu gives you or wrap yourselves up in whatever the one per cent are giving you to betray the country like this?

It is an obscene betrayal of ordinary Australians because you are frightened of Donald Trump—or maybe actually it's worse than that: you identify with him; you identify with the one per cent who he supports; you identify with the fossil fuel companies that are making record profits. It is appalling how you betray this country. (Time expired)

Nick McKim

How extraordinary is it that, a matter of weeks after Labor joined Australia into the war on Iran, at the behest of the war criminals Trump and Netanyahu—the illegal war against Iran that Australia is now fighting, on the side of the war criminals and the perpetrators—all the war parties in this place, the Labor Party, the Liberal Party, the Nationals and One Nation, are colluding to prevent a bill from just going to an inquiry? It's a bill that would actually require this parliament to decide, the next time Labor wants to lead us into another disastrous US led forever war. You don't want the bill that would allow this parliament, the democratically elected representatives of the Australian people, to have the say about whether or not this country should go to war.

This is a war that has resulted in thousands of people dying—women, children, men and everyone in between—tens of thousands being injured and many, many, many hundreds of thousands, well north of a million, being displaced from their homes in places like the south of Lebanon. This is a war that Labor, in the most cavalier way, signed this country up to, because Donald Trump—under pressure from the Zionists and from the war criminal Netanyahu, and in an attempt to distract from his complicity in the paedophilia of Jeffrey Epstein—launched this war, illegally, against the people of Iran. What an absolute disgrace! And how far the Labor Party has fallen from where it stood, just a matter of a couple of decades ago, on the Iraq war.

I also want to talk about the referral that the Greens are attempting to deliver through this amendment of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Doubling Penalties for ACCC Enforcement) Bill. I want to start by reflecting on the economic impacts of this war. Make no mistake, senators: there are no circumstances, even with a massively unlikely immediate ceasefire, where the economic impacts of this war will not continue for some time. And that is the best-case scenario. The worst-case scenario is a global economic black-swan event that will change the nature of international geopolitics and the global economy forever. That is how serious the situation is. And it is time for Labor to come to grips with the impacts of this war, which they were one of the first governments in the world out of the blocks to say they thought was a terrific idea. This is Labor's war, and the impacts of this war on everyday Australians are the impacts Labor has delivered. One of those impacts is petrol prices and petrol availability. It is the absolute barbecue stopper of an issue that is discussed everywhere you go in this country at the moment, whether you're picking the kids up from school, leaning on your back fence talking to a neighbour, down at the pub, in a place of worship or in the supermarket. Everyone is talking about it. And what's Labor doing to stop petrol companies price gouging? Nothing, because their bill, which they say will stop petrol companies price gouging, actually will not do that. It won't do that. Labor knows it won't do that, and Labor knows there are no anti-price-gouging provisions in competition and consumer law in Australia, because last year they moved to create anti-price-gouging provisions only for the supermarket sector and only after the Greens had campaigned for 18 months to get them to do that. Labor is misleading the Australian people, and, instead of being honest, they are being deceptive and they don't want to be caught out.

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Malarndirri McCarthy

I move:

That these bills be now read a third time.

Deborah O'Neill

The question is that the bills be read a third time.

Deborah O'Neill

The question is that the bills be read a second time.

Richard Colbeck

The Senate will now consider the proposal from Senator McKenzie, which is shown at item 12 on today's Order of Business:

The Albanese Government's failure to manage fuel supply and distribution, resulting in fuel shortages and service stations running out of fuel, adding to the cost of living pressures already being faced by Australian families and small businesses.

Is the consideration of the proposal supported?

More than the number of senators required by the standing orders having risen in their places—

With the concurrence of the Senate, the clerks will set the clock in line with the informal arrangements by the whips.

Bridget McKenzie

I move:

That, in the opinion of the Senate, the following is a matter of urgency:

The Albanese Government's failure to manage fuel supply and distribution, resulting in fuel shortages and service stations running out of fuel, adding to the cost of living pressures already being faced by Australian families and small businesses.

If ever you had an example of incompetence from a federal government, you have it right now from the Labor Party here in Canberra. We're heading into what will be the fourth week of a crisis in the Middle East. The failure to prepare, the failure to act in those very first days and weeks, means that Australians who are already saddled with real wages going backwards and mortgage rates going through the roof because the government can't get their spending profile under control and because of the weak economic settings from Jim Chalmers and the cabinet led by Anthony Albanese—Australians are already subjected to cost-of-living pressures that are unprecedented. On top of that, we are unable to respond appropriately to events, dear boy, events, and to issues that are of a global consequence and the geostrategic challenges we are seeing from the war in the Middle East.

What was this chamber told? What were Australians told in the first two weeks? 'We have all the supply you need. Stop panicking. Stop behaving like rational human beings. When you know something is going to be in short supply—something that you need to function as a family, a farmer, a fisherman or a truckie—don't rush out and buy it.' Of course they rushed out and bought it.

The minister stood up here day after day on questions from the National Party and the Liberal Party about what they are doing to help Australians through the crisis. We were told there was nothing to worry about. What did they do? Jim Chalmers wrote a letter to the ACCC. Chris Bowen, who's supposed to be the minister in charge, can't tell us where the supply gaps even are. They're relying on Facebook and frustrated Australians calling in when there is no diesel or no petrol and when service stations are shut.

What's going to happen? It's not just that prices have gone through the roof and that families are struggling with the cost of living. It is that farmers are unable to plant and unable to harvest. Fishermen are not going in. Banana crops are going to be ploughed into the ground because it is more expensive to get them on the back of a truck to Woollies and Coles distribution centres in Brisbane than it is to let them fall and rot on the ground. The trucking industry has pleaded with the government to do something. They're already operating on thin margins. They're having to pass through the largest cost increases in diesel they have ever seen. Even during the Ukraine war, diesel only increased 40c a litre. We have seen it up 80c a litre, and it's climbing. Australians are rightfully concerned.

And what do we know this government hasn't done? The minister refuses to use the powers available to him to intervene in the market and make sure much needed fuel gets to where it's needed to keep trucks on the road, primary producers producing and our mining and fishing industries doing what they keep doing. They've stalled their commitment to biofuels and ethanol production, something which could have actually assisted with increasing supply. We have two states that already have a commitment to putting ethanol into the fuel supply system. We could increase the supply of clean fuel into our transport industry instead of rushing, as the minister has, to actually ensure dirty fuel is available.

And didn't they make a big song and dance about the 100 million litres of fuel being available? That sounded like a big number to Australians. However, we need 135.6 million litres of fuel to operate in this country every single day. The government's not doing enough and Australians deserve better.

Corinne Mulholland

In my home state of Queensland the car is king, especially in regional Queensland. Farmers, freight operators, Queensland families—they don't have the luxury of alternatives like public transport. They rely on their cars, their trucks and their trailers every single day. And we know Australia's food security is directly tied to our transport security and our regional security, so concerns about fuel supply are being fanned by an increasingly desperate opposition.

Let's be clear: this motion from Senator McKenzie is not about Australians. It is about Senator McKenzie trying to save herself and her party from One Nation. But trying to out-Pauline Pauline is about the dumbest political strategy I've seen since the 'Joh for PM' campaign.

Slade Brockman

Order. Senator Mulholland, I just remind you to refer to those in this chamber by their correct title. You can continue.

Corinne Mulholland

Thank you. And we've just seen the coalition forces annihilated in South Australia. Nothing says insanity like flirting with the party that is actively eating your base—it's like feeding a crocodile and hoping it doesn't bite your hand off—while doing nothing to address the policy challenges that confront us.

It's important for Australians to understand that Australia is well prepared for the challenges of the conflict in the Middle East and our fuel supply is secure. The Albanese government is looking at every practical measure to shield our nation and household budgets from the worst of global insecurity. Since the conflict commenced three weeks ago the Commonwealth government has taken swift action to support supply and keep fuel moving around the country. That includes releasing up to 20 per cent of our diesel and fuel reserves to help address regional shortages. We have amended national fuel standards to keep more Australian made fuels onshore where they are needed most. We are cracking down on petrol company price gouging because we will not allow Australians to be taken advantage of during these periods of global uncertainty.

And to strengthen coordination across the country, the Albanese government has appointed the Fuel Supply Taskforce Coordinator. This is a new and necessary role with shortages in specific areas due to increased demand in some locations and further supply chain pressures expected in the weeks and months ahead. This task force will lead the coordination work needed to ensure the best outcomes for Australians and Australian businesses.

But let's compare this to the actions or the absolute inaction of those opposite. Opposition leader Angus Taylor should be, and will be, remembered as the worst energy minister in Australian history. Under Angus Taylor's watch, half of Australia's remaining refineries closed. He left Australia more exposed to global shocks than at any time in modern history, and now the coalition has the audacity to come in here and lecture us about fuel supply when it was their decisions that hollowed out our sovereign fuel capacity in the first place.

I'm proud to say that Queensland is home to one of Australia's two remaining oil refineries—one of only two that survived the Liberals last time they were in office—and that is the Ampol refinery in Lytton, in the mighty seat of Bonner in Brisbane. There are more than 550 refinery workers at Ampol, producing petrol, diesel and jet fuel in Queensland. Behind every bowser filling up our cars, our trucks and our machinery, there is a Queensland Ampol worker who has been working around the clock to keep up with current peaks in demand, and they are ably supported by our Queensland transport workers, who have been delivering tanker after tanker right up and down the eastern seaboard. Queensland's oil refinery workers and transport workers don't always get the recognition they deserve, but right now their work is critical to keeping sovereign oil production steady during this period of peak demand.

So I want to give a shout-out to the mighty Australian Workers' Union, which proudly represents the workers of Ampol, because it is the AWU that has worked hard to defend the fuel industry against sustained attacks and the oil refinery closures that occurred under the coalition. The AWU and this side of politics have been vocal about the need to ensure that we keep an oil refinery operating in this country. So you can imagine my surprise when we've seen a conga line of coalition MPs and senators lining up to attack this industry in recent weeks—the same people who said nothing when the refineries were shut. They didn't blink an eye when refineries were shut at Kurnell in New South Wales, Bulwer Island in Queensland, Altona in Victoria and Kwinana in WA. It was the AWU who came to Canberra back in 2020 to save our refinery in Lytton. We should never forget that.

Matt O'Sullivan

Senator Mulholland, I just remind you—there were a couple of occasions there where you didn't refer to those in the other place, or this place, with the correct title. So could you, next time, make sure you do that.

Nick McKim

Well, cop a load of the war parties in this place—the Labor Party, the Liberal Party, the Nationals and One Nation. Cop a load of that unholy alliance wringing their hands about increased fuel prices, including petrol prices, in this country. The hypocrisy is enough to make me vomit. They cheerled a war with Iran, and now, of course, entirely predictably, fuel prices are going up. Colour me surprised! Who could possibly have foreseen that, if you start a big war in the Middle East, petrol prices are going to go up and people are going to feel pain at the bowser?

You cannot support this war and cry crocodile tears about fuel prices. Australians are paying the price for the Labor Party cheerleading this war on day one, when our prime minister was the first global leader to go out and say he thought this war was a good idea. Then, a week later, he joined this country to the war effort against Iran. With every global conflict and every supply shock, Australians are paying for it and the big corporations are fattening their bottom line, all because of the war parties in this place—the Labor Party, the Liberal Party, the Nationals and One Nation. If you want to do something on petrol prices, oppose the war. Call for peace. Stop fighting fantasy crusades with Hegseth, Trump and the war criminal Netanyahu. Oppose the war. Stand for peace.

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Fatima Payman

I move:

That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Attorney-General by no later than 5 pm on Thursday, 30 April 2026, copies of all ministerial submissions, records of conversation, letters, briefing notes, meeting agendas, file notes, meeting invitations, meeting notes, meeting minutes, emails and instant/electronic messages between the Attorney-General and/or her office, the Attorney-General's Department, Royal Commissioner for the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, the Honourable Virginia Bell AC SC and/or her office and Mr Dennis Richardson AC in relation to Mr Richardson's resignation from the position of Special Advisor to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion and the circumstances surrounding said resignation.

Slade Brockman

The question is that the motion be agreed to.

Fatima Payman

I move:

That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs, by no later than 5 pm on Friday, 24 April 2026:

(a) copies of all ministerial submissions, records of conversation, letters, briefing notes, meeting agendas, file notes, meeting invitations, meeting notes, meeting minutes, emails and instant/electronic messages, created after 20 January 2026, between the Minister for Home Affairs and/or his office and the Department of Home Affairs in relation to reports that a contractor that supplies firearms to the New South Wales Police Force (NSW Police) had been blocked from importing more than 250 firearms for NSW Police due to the cancellation of import permits caused by the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Firearms and Customs Laws) Act 2026, and

(b) copies of all letters and other correspondence between the Minister for Home Affairs and/or his office, the Department of Home Affairs and NSW Police in relation to the reports referred to in paragraph (a).

Slade Brockman

The question is that the motion be agreed to.

Jessica Collins

At the request of Senator Bragg, I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

(i) on 27 August 2025, the Senate agreed to order for the production of documents no. 119, relating to the Home Guarantee Scheme, requiring the Minister representing the Treasurer to comply with the order by no later than midday on Tuesday, 2 September 2025,

(ii) since that order was agreed to, the Senate has agreed to a further 3 motions concerning the minister's failure to comply with the order, rejected the public interest immunity claim raised by the Minister for Housing and required the Minister representing the Minister for Housing to attend the Senate to provide an explanation of the failure to comply with the order,

(iii) on 5 March 2026, pursuant to an order agreed to by the Senate on 4 March 2026, the Minister representing the Minister for Housing attended the Senate to provide an explanation of the failure to comply with the order,

(iv) the explanation provided by the minister was not satisfactory and did not address the minister's failure to comply with the order, and

(v) the order has still not been complied with; and

(b) requires that the Minister representing the Minister for Housing attend the Senate after the consideration of private senators' bills on Wednesday, 25 March 2026, to provide a further explanation, of no more than 5 minutes, of the failure to comply with the order or to respond in full to 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 other business until determined, and senators may speak to the motion for not more than 5 minutes each.

Murray Watt

I seek leave to make a short statement—I'd say 30 seconds.

Leave granted.

The government will be opposing this motion. In response to order 119, the government has already provided exactly what Senator Bragg asked for. The modelling of contingent liabilities of the Home Guarantee Scheme is laid out for him in black and white in the documents already produced. Senator Bragg believes that the Prime Minister has previously referred to the conducted modelling in public forums and that this makes the minister's PII claims over other sections of these documents irrelevant. The Prime Minister has referred publicly to home price impact modelling which shows a very, very minor impact to home prices of around half a per cent over six years. (Time expired)

Slade Brockman

The question now is that the motion moved by Senator Collins at the request of Senator Bragg be agreed to.