QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE: ADDITIONAL ANSWERS

Senator WONG (South Australia—Minister for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (15:12): 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— Opposition senators interjecting— Senator WONG: 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.