David Pocock (ACT, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

by leave—I move Senator Thorpe's second reading amendment on sheet 1871:

At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate calls on the Government to commence urgent negotiations with state and territory governments in relation to the implementation of the following reforms:

(a) a moratorium on no grounds evictions for tenants who cannot pay rent;

(b) the expansion of culturally safe tenancy support programs for First Nations people in all states and territories, modelled on Aboriginal Housing Victoria's 'More Than A Landlord' program;

(c) a moratorium on the sale of public housing;

(d) a moratorium on the sale of Crown land until a Treaty with First Nations people has been negotiated;

(e) universal access to public housing, over the long term, through buyback schemes and building of quality public housing;

(f) establishing a mechanism to support democratically controlled co-operative housing, including direct funding to assist people in acquiring or building housing under a co-operative model;

(g) establishing a co-investment scheme for community housing tenants to have the option of taking over ownership, possibly through a co-operative housing scheme, with the aim of converting community housing to supported co- operative housing, and giving tenants the option to select an alternative;

(h) building the capacity of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Housing sector, in line with Closing the Gap Priority Reform 2 and in partnership with First Nations communities, to ensure housing remains at a high standard, including through:

(i) the implementation of training and employment programs, and

(ii) the funding of ongoing maintenance;

(i) developing a specific Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander housing schedule of works, overseen by the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Housing Association, to track, monitor and evaluate the impacts and outcome of investments in First Nations housing;

(j) developing cultural principles to be embedded within all government housing frameworks and plans and enacted by governments and housing providers; and

(k) the monitoring and evaluation of adherence to cultural principles by governments and housing providers".

Question negatived.