Wendy Askew (Tasmania, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Paterson, I move:

That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Prime Minister, by no later than 5 pm on Friday, 27 March 2026, all documents dated from 14 December 2025 (including emails, letters, text messages, instant messages, minutes, briefings and submissions) held by the Prime Minister, and/or the Prime Minister's office (PMO), relating to:

(a) the establishment of a Commonwealth Royal Commission following the terrorist attack at Bondi on 14 December 2025;

(b) ministerial submissions provided to the Prime Minister or the PMO setting out options to review or inquire into the terrorist attack at Bondi on 14 December 2025;

(c) the appropriateness of review mechanisms following the terrorist attack at Bondi on 14 December 2025 proposed to, available to or undertaken by the Government;

(d) any communication with the Minister for Home Affairs and/or the minister's office relating to the establishment of a Commonwealth Royal Commission following the terrorist attack at Bondi on 14 December 2025;

(e) any communication with the Attorney-General and/or the Attorney General's office relating to the establishment of a Commonwealth Royal Commission following the terrorist attack at Bondi on 14 December 2025;

(f) any communication with the Australian Federal Police Commissioner, or any other Australian Federal Police official at the senior executive service (SES) level or above, relating to the establishment of a Commonwealth Royal Commission following the terrorist attack at Bondi on 14 December 2025;

(g) any communication with the Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) or any other PM&C official at the SES level or above relating to the establishment of a Commonwealth Royal Commission following the terrorist attack in Bondi on 14 December 2025; and

(h) any communication with the Secretary of the Attorney-General's Department (AGD), or any other AGD official at the SES level or above, relating to the establishment of a Commonwealth Royal Commission following the terrorist attack at Bondi on 14 December 2025.

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 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 as moved by Senator Chisholm to general business notice of motion No. 341, standing in the name of Senator Paterson and moved by Senator Askew, be agreed to.

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

The question is that general business of motion No. 341, standing in the name of Senator Paterson and moved by Senator Askew, be agreed to.