Senate debates Documents

National Security; Order for the Production of Documents


Scott Ludlam

Scott Ludlam WA, Australian Greens

3:48 pm

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

(i) the Government has not yet provided a definition of 'metadata' to be retained under the proposed mandatory data retention scheme, and

(ii) media reports on 26 August 2014 suggested That the Attorney General's department has provided a definition in a document provided to the telecommunications industry; and

(b) orders that there be laid on the table, by the Attorney General, no later than noon on Wednesday, 3 September 2014:

(i) the definition of 'metadata' as defined by the Government's proposal on mandatory data retention, and

(ii) a copy of the document distributed to the telecommunications industry within the past week which discusses this policy.

Stephen Parry

Stephen Parry President

The question is that Senator Ludlam's motion be agreed to.