Senate debates

Monday, 23 March 2026

Documents

Gun Control; Order for the Production of Documents

4:16 pm

Photo of Fatima PaymanFatima Payman (WA, Australia's Voice) Share this | | Hansard source

I move:

That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs, by no later than 5 pm on Friday, 24 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, created after 20 January 2026, between the Minister for Home Affairs and/or his office and the Department of Home Affairs in relation to reports that a contractor that supplies firearms to the New South Wales Police Force (NSW Police) had been blocked from importing more than 250 firearms for NSW Police due to the cancellation of import permits caused by the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Firearms and Customs Laws) Act 2026, and

(b) copies of all letters and other correspondence between the Minister for Home Affairs and/or his office, the Department of Home Affairs and NSW Police in relation to the reports referred to in paragraph (a).

Photo of Slade BrockmanSlade Brockman (WA, Deputy-President) Share this | | Hansard source

The question is that the motion be agreed to.