Senate debates Documents
Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility; Order for the Production of Documents
Anne Urquhart Tasmania, Australian Labor Party
3:43 pm
At the request of Senator Moore, I move:
That there be laid on the table by the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, by no later than 3.30 pm on 30 March 2017:
(a) the contract or Memorandum of Understanding between the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) and the Export Finance and Investment Corporation (EFIC);
(b) the NAIF Risk Appetite Statement;
(c) the NAIF Public Interest Test;
(d) any policies or other documents to be used by the NAIF Board to satisfy themselves that the project meets each of the mandatory criteria as set out in the NAIF Investment Mandate; and
(e) any policies or other documents to be used by the NAIF Board to satisfy themselves that the project meets each of the non-mandatory criteria as set out in the NAIF Investment Mandate.
James McGrath Queensland, Liberal National Party, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister
I seek leave to make a short statement.
James McGrath Queensland, Liberal National Party, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister
The government opposes this motion on the basis that the minister is not in possession of these documents.
Question agreed to.