Bill
Housing Australia Amendment (Accountability) Bill 2025
before parliament, as at 2026-03-26.
- Sponsor
- Bragg
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2025-09-04
- second reading — 2025-09-04
- second reading — 2025-10-30
- second reading — 2026-02-04
- second reading — 2026-03-26
- second reading — 2026-03-26
- third reading — 2026-03-26
- introduced — 2026-03-26
Divisions
- Housing Australia Amendment (Accountability) Bill 2025 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea — 2026-03-26, Senate: affirmative, ayes 36, noes 25
- Housing Australia Amendment (Accountability) Bill 2025 - Third Reading - Pass the bill — 2026-03-26, Senate: affirmative, ayes 36, noes 25
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2025-09-04.
The bill would make changes to the Housing Australia Investment Mandate subject to parliamentary oversight.
Directions made under subsection 12(1) of the Housing Australia Act 2018, including those for the Home Guarantee Scheme, would become disallowable by Parliament.
The change would apply to all existing and future directions, with the bill commencing the day after Royal Assent.
- Makes directions under subsection 12(1) of the Housing Australia Act 2018 subject to parliamentary disallowance.
- Repeals a legislative note at the end of subsection 12(1) of the Act.
- Adds subsection (4) at the end of section 12 to override regulations under paragraph 44(2)(b) of the Legislation Act 2003.
- Provides that existing directions in force at commencement are treated as if registered at that time.
The Housing Australia Investment Mandate, including the Home Guarantee Scheme and other Commonwealth housing policy elements, and the Parliament.
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