Wendy Askew (Tasmania, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 370, standing in the name of Senator Cadell.

Leave granted.

I move the motion as amended:

That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Education, by no later than 5 pm on Tuesday, 10 March 2026, the following documents in the period 30 June 2023 to 30 June 2025:

(a) finalised disclosures of interest relating to external work undertaken by the ANU staff involved in the development of the Improved Native Forestry Method, submitted under the Australian National University's (ANU) disclosure of interest framework;

(b) executed or operative agreements between the ANU and the Australian Climate and Biodiversity Foundation, including:

(i) consultancy agreements,

(ii) funding agreements, and

(iii) research agreements;

(c) substantive written communications (including emails and letters, excluding purely administrative scheduling correspondence) between the ANU staff involved in the development (or overseeing the development) of the Improved Native Forestry Method (or an Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) method that seeks to cease native forestry harvesting) and members of the Australian Climate and Biodiversity Fund Board and staff in relation to the development of this method;

(d) substantive written communications (including emails and letters, excluding purely administrative scheduling correspondence) between ANU staff involved in the development (or overseeing the development) of the Improved Native Forestry Method (or an ACCU method that seeks to cease native forestry harvesting) and any New South Wales (NSW) government staff in relation to the development of this method;

(e) substantive written communications (including emails and letters, excluding purely administrative scheduling correspondence) between ANU staff involved in the development (or overseeing the development) of the Improved Native Forestry Method (or an ACCU method that seeks to cease native forestry harvesting) and the Commonwealth Electrical Regulatory Authorities Council secretariat and relevant Department of Climate Change Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) staff in relation to the development of this method;

(f) executed or operative consultancy, funding, or research services agreements between the ANU and the NSW DCCEEW, including the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service;

(g) executed or operative consultancy, funding, or research services agreements between the ANU and the Australian Government DCCEEW, including agreements connected with the Emissions Reduction Assurance Committee; and

(h) gift deeds or gift forms where the stated purpose of the donation was to support work undertaken by the ANU staff involved in the development of the Improved Native Forestry Method.