At the request of Senator Collins, I move:

That:

(1) The development of a foreign influence transparency scheme to apply to parliamentarians, be referred to the Committee of Privileges for inquiry and report with particular reference to:

(a) the imposition of transparency obligations similar to those imposed by the scheme established in accordance with the Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Act 2018,

(b) the timetable for the implementation of the executive’s scheme;

(c) the recommendations of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security relating to the introduction of a parallel scheme adapted to the parliamentary environment; and

(d) any other matter.

(2) The committee consult with the equivalent committee in the House of Representatives with the aim of agreeing a single parliamentary foreign influence transparency scheme to apply uniformly, together with uniform processes for its implementation for members and senators.

I seek leave to make a short statement.

Leave is granted for one minute.

This motion is consistent with recommendation 29 of the PJCIS advisory report on the Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Bill 2018. That recommendation requested that the House of Representatives and the Senate deliver a parallel parliamentary foreign influence transparency scheme to the one the government is in the process of establishing.

Question agreed to.