The Greens have accused Optus of a lack of accountability following a nationwide outage, calling for a Senate inquiry into what caused the network to crash.
A deal is yet to be brokered on the contentious housing future fund, which will unlock finance for public housing, ahead of the upcoming sitting fortnight.
Labor's signature reconstruction fund has passed the lower house and is expected to clear the Senate after the government struck a deal with the Greens to ensure it does not support coal and gas.
The Greens have signalled they're willing to compromise to pass the government's safeguard mechanism, which would lower the emissions cap for big polluters.
The Greens say the government's plan to build a million houses across the next five years does nothing to address the need for community and affordable homes.
The Greens will ask for the inquiry into the Cartier watches controversy to reconvene following revelations of Scott Morrison's secret appointment to the finance portfolio.Â