Senate debates
Wednesday, 4 March 2026
Documents
Energy; Order for the Production of Documents
5:39 pm
Anthony Chisholm (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Regional Development) Share this | Hansard source
by leave—I move:
Omit all words after "That", substitute:
(a) the power to order 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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