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Senator KOVACIC (New South Wales) (15:57): At the request of Senator Bragg, I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) on 13 May 2026, the Senate agreed to order for the production of documents no. 485, relating to the impact of changes to housing taxes on housing supply and rents, requiring the Minister representing the Treasurer to comply by midday on Thursday, 14 May 2026, (ii) on 22 June 2026, the Minister representing the Treasurer provided a letter of response to the order, raising public interest immunity claims over some of the documents relating to the order, (iii) on 19 August 2026, the Senate agreed to an order rejecting the public interest immunity claims raised by the minister in relation to the unproduced documents and requiring the Minister representing the Treasurer to comply with the order by no later than midday on Friday, 21 August 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. 682, standing in the name of Senator Bragg, be agreed to.