Fatima Payman (WA, Australia's Voice) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

(i) the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations has failed to comply with order for the production of documents no. 313, agreed on 3 February 2026, relating to wage theft, and

(ii) in a letter to the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, the Minister for Employment and Workplace relations advised that the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations has indicated that 'additional time is required to consider the request and consult with the Fair Work Ombudsman'; and

(b) requires the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations to comply with the order by no later than midday on 17 March 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) 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 the amendment as moved by Senator Chisholm be agreed to. The required division will be deferred.