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 for Industry and Innovation, by no later than 5 pm on Wednesday, 15 April 2026:

(a) 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 Minister for Industry and Innovation and/or his office, the Department of Industry, Science and Resources and the Australian Space Agency in relation to the decision to abolish the Australian Space Agency Advisory Board; and

(b) the final written report of the 2024 review of the Australian Space Agency's governance arrangements by the Department of Industry, Science and Resources.

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, and we'll move that one to the end.