Senate debates

Wednesday, 3 September 2025

Documents

Attorney-General's Department; Order for the Production of Documents

4:58 pm

Photo of Fatima PaymanFatima Payman (WA, Australia's Voice) Share this | | Hansard source

I move:

That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Attorney-General, by no later than 5 pm on Friday, 12 September 2025:

(a) copies of all letters, briefing notes, meeting agendas, meeting invitations, meeting notes, emails and text messages between the Attorney-General and/or her office and the Attorney-General's Department in relation to the allocation of funds and the justifications thereof under the National Access to Justice Partnership;

(b) a document listing the funds allocated under the National Access to Justice Partnership by state and territory in the 2025-26 financial year for:

(i) Legal Aid Commissions,

(ii) Community Legal Centres,

(iii) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services,

(iv) Family Violence Prevention and Legal Services, and

(v) Women's Legal Services; and

(c) a document listing the number of organisations that will receive or have received funding under the National Access to Justice Partnership by state and territory in the 2025-26 financial year.

Question agreed to.