I move:

That—

(a) the Senate directs the Select Committee on Energy Planning and Regulation in Australia to hold a public hearing of no less than 5 hours in Canberra on 5 December 2024, and invite representatives of the following organisations to give evidence:

(i) the Australian Energy Market Operator,

(ii) the Australian Energy Regulator,

(iii) the Australian Energy Market Commission, and

(iv) the Energy Advisory Panel (including the relevant Australian Consumer and Competition Commission Commissioner); and

(b) in order to receive evidence in public session on 5 December 2024, and that for the purpose of holding the public hearing on this day, the committee appoint a subcommittee and quorum of the subcommittee is constituted by the chair of the committee and a member of the committee nominated by the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate.