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

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that the Minister for Industry and Innovation has made a public interest immunity claim for some material sought by order for the production of documents no. 314 on the ground that tabling the material would disclose the deliberations of Cabinet;

(b) reaffirms:

(i) its resolution of 16 July 1975 that upon a claim of privilege based on an established ground being made to any question or to the production of any documents, the Senate shall consider and determine each such claim, and

(ii) its resolution of 26 August 2025 that the Senate cannot determine claims of public interest immunity if the nature of the documents is withheld from the Senate; and

(c) requires that there be laid on the table by the Minister for Industry and Innovation, by no later than midday on 19 March 2026, a document which lists all documents which are captured by the order for which the Minister for Science has made a public interest immunity claim on the ground that tabling the material would disclose the deliberations of Cabinet, detailing, for each document, the title (or a description of the document if untitled), date and type of the document.

Anthony Chisholm (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Regional Development) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—I again ask that the government's position opposing the motion be recorded.