Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

The government will not be supporting this motion. The report referenced in this motion is being used to inform government decisions at a cabinet level, and actual deliberations of the executive council or cabinet are protected from disclosure. In this case the report is a central document for those cabinet deliberations. It has not been previously released or published, and a decision has not been made on these deliberations. Its release prior to the finalisation of this cabinet process would negatively impact those deliberations. I have spoken to Senator Pocock to convey this—just to explain why we wouldn't be providing it—but I have also previously said that, when we complete those deliberations, this report will be released, and it will be.