Anne Urquhart (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Cameron, I move:

That there be laid on the table by the Minister for Employment, by no later than 3.30 pm on 27 November 2017, the following documents:

(a) all emails and messages, including text messages and messages sent on any instant messaging service or application, between any employee of the Minister's office and any employee of the Prime Minister's office between 9 am on 23 October 2017 and 30 October 2017 which refer or relate to:

  (i) the Registered Organisations Commission (ROC) investigation into the Australian Workers' Union (AWU), or

  (ii) the execution of a search warrant on AWU premises in relation to the ROC investigation, or

  (iii) media presence at the execution of a search warrant on AWU premises in relation to the ROC investigation, or

  (iv) the allegation that the Minister's office tipped-off the media that the search warrant was to be executed, or

  (v) the decision, on or about 27 October 2017, that the person employed as Fair Work Ombudsman Director of Media would not take up a position in the Minister's office;

(b) all correspondence received by the Minister or her office from the Registered Organisations Commissioner or his office relating to any:

  (i) inquiry, or

  (ii) investigation, or

  (iii) 'Matter under assessment', or

  (iv) the opening of a file,

including, but not limited to, any matter related to any registered organisation or in relation to any police investigation into the possible leak of the raid of the AWU offices;

(c) all correspondence received by the Minister or her office from the Fair Work Commission General Manager or their office relating to any:

  (i) inquiry, or

  (ii) investigation, or

  (iii) 'Matter under assessment'; or

  (iv) the opening of a file,

including, but not limited to, any matter related to any registered organisation; and

(d) phone records, including phone numbers, time and date of call, and duration of call, for each of the following people between 20 October 2017 and 30 October 2017:

  (i) the Minister for Employment,

  (ii) the Minister's Chief of Staff,

  (iii) the Minister's Senior Media Adviser,

  (iv) the Minister's Junior Media Adviser(s), and

  (v) the Minister's Adviser with responsibility for matters relating to the Registered Organisations Commission.