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

At the request of Senator Dean Smith, I move:

That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Communications, by no later than midday on 10 March 2026, all written or digital documents, correspondence, briefing notes, file notes, meeting notes, meeting agendas or minutes or other records of interaction from 10 December 2025 to 2 March 2026 in the possession of the eSafety Commissioner or their office relating to the process of verifying the claim by the Government that 4.7 million under-16 social media accounts have been deactivated, removed or restricted under its ban.

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) the power to order 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 be agreed to. A division is required. The division will be deferred to the end of today's formal motions.