Senate debates
Wednesday, 4 February 2026
Documents
Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion; Order for the Production of Documents
4:40 pm
Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source
by leave—I move:
Omit all words after "that", insert:
(a) orders for the production of documents is one of the Senate's most serious powers, and should be used when other processes have been exhausted rather than for fishing expeditions; and
(b) senators seeking to order the production of documents should consider paragraph (a) and refine their orders accordingly.
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