Fatima Payman (WA, Australia's Voice) Share this | Link to 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 Monday, 16 February 2026:

(a) copies of all ministerial submissions, records of conversation, letters, briefing notes, meeting agendas, file notes, meeting invitations, meeting notes, meeting minutes, emails and instant/electronic messages, created after 1 December 2025, between the Attorney-General and/or her office and the Attorney-General's Department in relation to consultation on proposed religious discrimination laws; and

(b) a document which lists all meetings held by the Attorney-General or the Attorney-General's Department since 1 December 2025 for the purpose of consultation on religious discrimination laws, identifying the dates of the meetings and the organisations/individuals who attended the meetings.

Anthony Chisholm (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Regional Development) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—I move:

Omit all words after "That", substitute:

(a) orders for the production of documents is one of the Senate's most serious powers, and should be used only when other processes have been exhausted rather than for fishing expeditions; and

(b) senators seeking to order the production of documents should consider paragraph (a) and refine their orders accordingly.

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

The question is that the amendment to general business notice of motion No. 328 as moved by Minister Chisholm be agreed to.

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

The question is that general business notice of motion No. 328, standing in the name of Senator Payman, be agreed to.