At the request of Senator Kitching, I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that members of the Naval Shipbuilding Advisory Board are officers for the purposes of standing order 26(5); and

(b) requires members of the Naval Shipbuilding Advisory Board including, but not limited to, the Chair of the Board to appear before the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee when it meets to consider the 2019-20 additional estimates, at 9 am on 4 March 2020.

Question agreed to.

I seek leave to make a short statement.

Leave is granted for one minute.

The government has not yet formally responded to the opposition's request for members of the Naval Shipbuilding Advisory Board to appear before the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee when it meets to consider the 2019-20 additional estimates, but it will do so. The request put to the chair of that committee is being discussed with the committee chair and considered in light of the government's prior agreement to have members of the NSAB appear before the Senate Economics References Committee.

Question agreed to.