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 Minister for Climate Change and Energy, by no later than 5 pm on Wednesday, 18 March 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 Climate Change and Energy and/or his office, the Department of Industry, Science and Resources and the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water in relation to engagement with stakeholders for the purpose of discussing the Government's domestic gas reservation scheme policy, announced on 22 December 2025; and

(b) a document which lists all meetings held by the Minister for Climate Change and Energy in relation to the domestic gas reservation scheme policy, detailing the date of each meeting and the attendees of each meeting.

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.