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 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) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

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) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

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.