Lidia Thorpe (Victoria, Independent) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That there be laid on the table by the Minister for Indigenous Australians, by 5 pm on 12 August 2025:

(a) the text of any legal advice obtained or prepared by the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA), the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) or the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PMC) regarding the compliance of the Remote Australia Employment Service (RAES), previously referred to as the New Remote Employment Services Program (N-RES), or any related other remote employment services scheme with the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (the Act), or the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) as referred to in the response to question on notice no. 322 from the 2024-25 Supplementary Budget estimates cross-portfolio Indigenous matters hearings of the Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, including:

(i) the dates on which the advice was commissioned, prepared and finalised, and

(ii) a list of all government officials, departments or agencies to whom the advice has been provided;

(b) any written communications, including emails, briefings or internal correspondence, between NIAA, PMC, DEWR or any other Commonwealth agency concerning the program's compliance with the Act or ICERD;

(c) the most up to date version of any grant opportunity guidelines, implementation instructions or internal decision-making rules relating to the design or rollout of the RAES, N-RES or related schemes, where such documents reflect or were informed by legal advice on compliance with the RDA or ICERD; and

(d) all documents and communications described above that were created, commissioned or circulated since 1 January 2023.

Question agreed to.