Malcolm Roberts (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That—

(a) the Senate notes that:

(i) on 6 March 2023, the Senate ordered the Minister for Finance to lay on the table documents in relation to the cost of recalling Parliament for the 15 December 2022 unscheduled sitting, and

(ii) on 9 March 2023, the Government responded to the order by stating it could not be complied with as it is not possible to differentiate between parliamentarians' travel for the purpose of Parliament versus other official business; and

(b) that there be laid on the table by the Minister for Finance, by no later than 5 pm on 27 March 2023, all costs for the period of 13 to 16 December 2022 inclusive, in relation to the following categories:

(i) parliamentarian travel allowance,

(ii) parliamentarian airfares,

(iii) parliamentarian Commonwealth Car, cabcharge and rideshare expenses,

(iv) staff travel allowance,

(v) staff airfares,

(vi) staff cabcharge and rideshare expenses,

(vii) any additional staffing requirements, including, but not limited to, security services, attendants, restaurants and catering staff; and

(viii) any other costs in relation to the recalling of Parliament.

Question agreed to.