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Australian Research Council; Order for the Production of Documents


Anne Ruston

Anne Ruston SA, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for International Development and the Pacific

3:56 pm

The government does not support this motion. It is imperative that departments and agencies are able to provide frank, fearless advice to government. Tabling briefs to ministers or the government would undermine the confidence of officials to provide this advice and would prejudice the decisions of government.

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