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Senator KOVACIC (New South Wales) (16:13): At the request of Senator Bragg, I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) on Thursday, 14 May 2026, the Senate agreed to order for the production of documents no. 499, relating to Treasury modelling for the 65,000 more dwellings related to the infrastructure spend included in the 2026-27 Budget, requiring the minister to comply by midday on Friday, 29 May 2026, (ii) on Monday, 22 June 2026, in response to the order, the minister provided 4 documents with significant redactions, (iii) on Tuesday, 30 June 2026, the Senate agreed to a further order resolving that the minister has failed to fully comply with the order as the documents provided do not include the Treasury modelling required to be produced by the order and requiring the Minister representing the Treasurer to fully comply with the original order by no later than midday on Wednesday, 1 July 2026, and (iv) the order has still not been fully complied with; and (b) requires the Minister representing the Treasurer to attend the Senate at the start of proceedings on Wednesday, 16 September 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 and shall have precedence over all other business until determined, and senators may speak to the motion for not more than 5 minutes each.

The PRESIDENT: The question is that general business notice of motion No. 655, standing in the name of Senator Bragg, be agreed to.