Senate debates Documents
Taxation; Order for the Production of Documents
Fatima Payman WA, Australia's Voice
6:54 pm
I move:
That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Treasurer by no later than 5 pm on Thursday, 26 March 2026, 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 between the Treasurer and/or his office, the Department of the Treasury and the Australian Taxation Office in relation to any proposals to adjust the capital gains tax discount or negative gearing for the 2026-27 Budget.
Nita Green Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Tourism
by leave—I move an amendment as follows:
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 all 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
The question is that the amendment, as Senator Green moved, to general business notice of motion No. 375, standing in the name of Senator Payman, be agreed to. A division being required, we'll defer that.