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

At the request of Senator Bragg, I move:

That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Housing, by no later than midday on Wednesday, 4 March 2026, any documents or correspondence that relate to Housing Australia's expenditure on consultants between June 2024 and February 2026.

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. 344, standing in the name of Senator Bragg, be agreed to.

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

The question now is that general business notice of motion No. 344 standing in the name of Senator Bragg be agreed to.