Fatima Payman (WA, Australia's Voice) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

(i) the Minister representing the Minister for Communications (the minister) has failed to comply with order for the production of documents no. 37, agreed to on 28 July 2025, relating to the development of legislative instruments for the social media ban,

(ii) in a letter relating to a subsequent order requiring the tabling of an explanation of the basis for the minister's public interest immunity claim, the minister advised that no further information is available regarding the claim, and

(iii) no further information has been provided since the minister attended the Senate on 5 November 2025 to provide an explanation; and

(b) requires the minister to attend the Senate on 26 November 2025, at the conclusion of question time, to provide an explanation of no more than 5 minutes of the failure to comply with the order, and that:

(i) any senator may move to take note of the explanation, and

(ii) any such motion may be debated for no longer than 20 minutes and shall have precedence over all business until determined, and senators may speak to the motion for not more than 5 minutes each.

Jess Walsh (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Early Childhood Education) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to make a short statement.

Sue Lines (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Leave is granted for one minute.

Jess Walsh (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Early Childhood Education) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The government will be opposing this motion. The government has provided documents to Senator Payman and has offered a briefing which I understand has not been accepted.

Sue Lines (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The question is that general business notice of motion No. 264 standing in the name of Senator Payman be agreed to.