Senate debates
Thursday, 25 June 2026
Documents
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Corporation for Welfare Services; Order for the Production of Documents
11:45 am
Lidia Thorpe (Victoria, Independent) | Hansard source
I move:
That there be laid on the table by the Minister for Indigenous Australians, by no later than 6 July 2026, the following documents:
(a) all correspondence, briefings, emails, file notes, meeting records and other documents held by the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC) or the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) relating to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Corporation for Welfare Services (ATSICWS), between 1 January 2023 and 24 June 2026;
(b) all correspondence, briefings, emails, file notes, meeting records and other documents:
(i) provided by ORIC or the NIAA to the Minister for Indigenous Australians or the minister's office, relating to ATSICWS, between 1 January 2023 and 24 June 2026,
(ii) exchanged between the NIAA and the Queensland Government, including the Department of Housing and Public Works and the Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships, relating to ATSICWS, between 1 January 2023 and 24 June 2026,
(iii) exchanged between the NIAA or the minister's office and Mount Isa City Council, relating to ATSICWS, between 1 January 2023 and 24 June 2026, and
(iv) held by ORIC and the NIAA referring to Virginia Mayo in connection with ATSICWS, between 1 January 2023 and 24 June 2026;
(c) all documents relating to any consideration by ORIC of compliance action, investigation, examination, special administration, deregistration, prosecution, or any other regulatory action concerning ATSICWS between 1 January 2019 and 24 June 2026;
(d) all correspondence, briefings, file notes and other documents held by the NIAA relating to any caveat, mortgage, charge, security interest, covenant, title restriction, funding condition, asset transfer condition or other registered or unregistered interest held by the Commonwealth, the NIAA or any predecessor Commonwealth agency over properties owned by ATSICWS, between 1 January 2023 and 24 June 2026, including any documents relating to whether such interests may affect the sale, transfer or auction of those properties; and
(e) all correspondence, briefings, emails, file notes, meeting records and other documents relating to engagement by the NIAA with residents of ATSICWS properties (tenant information redacted), including records of assistance offered or provided, referrals made, information distributed, stakeholder meetings attended, and any plans, assessments or advice relating to the housing security, relocation or support needs of affected tenants, between 1 January 2023 and 24 June 2026.
Question agreed to.
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