SenateDivision 6 · 25 Aug 2025

Documents - Housing Australia Future Fund - Order for the Production of Documents

Passed36 aye · 21 no

What this vote was about

The majority voted in favour of a motion introduced on behalf of NSW Senator Andrew Bragg (Liberal), which means it was successful and the Minister will be required to provide an explanation.

Motion text

That the Senate—

(a) notes:

(i) that order for the production of documents no. 28 (the order) agreed to by the Senate on 24 July 2025, requiring the tabling of any documents that detail the aggregate expenditure made from the Housing Australia Future Fund was not complied with, and

(ii) the necessity that the Senate scrutinise the disbursement and appropriation of Commonwealth funds in the interests of transparency and accountability; and

(b) requires the Minister representing the Minister for Housing to attend the Senate on 27 August 2025, at the conclusion of the consideration of private senators' bills and immediately prior to government business being called on, 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 business until determined, and senators may speak to the motion for not more than 5 minutes each.

Context written by They Vote For You volunteers (ODbL), reproduced unchanged.

Order for the production of documents: An order for the production of documents requires the government to table specified documents. It is one of the Senate's main accountability tools.

By party

Party	Aye	No
Australian Labor Party	2	20
Liberal–National Coalition	19	0
Australian Greens	10	1
Pauline Hanson's One Nation	2	0
United Australia Party	1	0
Jacqui Lambie Network	1	0
Independent	1	0

Every vote

Other divisions this sitting day

What the Senate divided on around this vote, in order.

25 Aug 2025Defence Housing Australia Amendment Bill 2025 - Second Reading - Increase defence expenditureSenate 25–35
25 Aug 2025Defence Housing Australia Amendment Bill 2025 - Second Reading - Financial impactSenate 16–28
25 Aug 2025Defence Housing Australia Amendment Bill 2025 - Second Reading - Priority to Australians and transparencySenate 38–23
25 Aug 2025Defence Housing Australia Amendment Bill 2025 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main ideaSenate 30–10
25 Aug 2025Defence Housing Australia Amendment Bill 2025 - in Committee - HousingSenate 11–31
25 Aug 2025Documents - North West Shelf Project - Order for the Production of DocumentsSenate 16–27
25 Aug 2025Documents — Australian National University; Order for the Production of DocumentsSenate 16–27
25 Aug 2025Documents — Australian National University; Order for the Production of DocumentsSenate 16–26
25 Aug 2025Documents — Australian National University; Order for the Production of DocumentsSenate 16–26
25 Aug 2025Documents — Australian National University; Order for the Production of DocumentsSenate 16–26
25 Aug 2025Documents — Australian Public Service Commission; Order for the Production of DocumentsSenate 35–20
25 Aug 2025Motions - Medicare - Criticise Prime MinisterSenate 22–30
25 Aug 2025Defence Housing Australia Amendment Bill 2025 - Third Reading - Pass the billSenate 29–11