Senate debates

Wednesday, 23 June 2010

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Return to Order

3:28 pm

Photo of Joe LudwigJoe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | | Hansard source

by leave—With reference to Senator Ronaldson’s return to order motion dated 22 June 2010 requesting the production of a copy of a draft statement of reasons and draft correspondence to the Treasurer by the Department of Finance and Deregulation provided to the Cabinet Secretary and Special Minister of State on 14 May 2010, as indicated in Senate estimates by the Cabinet Secretary and Special Minister of State at the hearings of the Senate Finance and Public Administration Estimates Committee on 17 June 2010, the draft statement and draft letter to the Treasurer were working documents, being iterative drafts. These documents have no separate status and the final versions of these documents have been declassified and tabled in this chamber.