Christine Milne (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That there be laid on the table by 4 pm on 11 August 2009:

(a)

any documents or advice prepared by or for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) or the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) since the Government came to power, relating to legal and policy issues surrounding illegal timber imports and options for addressing such imports;

(b)

all material provided to the Centre for International Economics relating to the development of the Regulatory Impact Statement for illegal timber legislation options; and

(c)

any correspondence from or to DAFF or DFAT, relating to illegal timber imports since the Government came to power, including but not limited to correspondence from other departments.

Question agreed to.

Kerry O'Brien (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—The government oppose this motion but we will not call a division as we recognise that, with the opposition and Greens voting for it, the motion has a majority.