Senate debates

Tuesday, 29 November 2022

Documents

Australian Packaging Covenant; Order for the Production of Documents

3:45 pm

Photo of Peter Whish-WilsonPeter Whish-Wilson (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | | Hansard source

I move general business notice of motion No. 103, relating to attacking plastic pollution:

(1) That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Water, by no later than midday on 1 December 2022, the following documents:

(a) any review conducted in 2022 of the Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) National Packaging Targets 2025, including any draft document provided to the Minister or the Department in respect of same, or any document that pertains to any update of the collective impact report released in November 2021; and

(b) any briefing or advice prepared for the Minister in 2022 that relates to updating the APCO 2025 targets since the 2021 collective impact report.

(2) If the Senate is not sitting when the documents are ready for presentation, the documents are to be presented to the President under standing order 166.

Question agreed to.

I move general business notice of motion No. 104, relating to holding big business to account:

(1) That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Water, by no later than midday on 1 December 2022, the following documents:

(a) any correspondence or communication since 18 November 2021 between the Minister or Department and Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) in relation to the 2025 national packaging targets; and

(b) the list of stakeholders that APCO has contacted in the course of its 2022 review or intends to contact.

(2) If the Senate is not sitting when the documents are ready for presentation, the documents are to be presented to the President under standing order 166.

Question agreed to.