Senate debates Documents

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Order for the Production of Documents


Dave Sharma

Dave Sharma NSW, Liberal Party

3:41 pm

I move:

That there be laid on the table by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, by no later than 5 pm on 15 July 2024, a document showing the full cost of the charter flight that conveyed Ambassador Kevin Rudd, High Commissioner Stephen Smith, Mr Julian Assange and others from the United Kingdom to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and onto Australia, including:

(a) the full cost of Mr Rudd and Mr Smith's travel with Mr Assange;

(b) any additional costs for Australian officials associated with the travel;

(c) the total costs being paid or reimbursed by taxpayers; and

(d) the itemised costs being borne by other parties, and the identity of each of those parties.

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