QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator KOVACIC (New South Wales) (14:54): My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Farrell. On 27 April 2025, the Prime Minister announced more than $6 million in taxpayer funding for the Marrickville Golf Club, a club he has spoken about attending for decades and whose facilities he has used. He was a long-term honorary member of this club until he apparently resigned last week.

It has been today revealed that the Prime Minister raised the rent on his multimillion-dollar investment property, which is located right next to the club, on 6 May 2025, which was just nine days after announcing $6 million in taxpayer funds for that same club. It now apparently costs $1,450 a week to rent the Prime Minister's investment property, an increase of a hundred dollars a week in a cost-of-living crisis.

Can the Prime Minister confirm whether he opportunistically raised the rent on his multimillion-dollar investment property just nine days after announcing a $6 million taxpayer funded upgrade of the nearby Marrickville Golf Club?