Lidia Thorpe (Victoria, Independent) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That there be laid on the table by the Minister for Indigenous Australians, by no later than Wednesday, 20 May 2026:

(a) the following documents referred to in the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) schedule to the Northern Territory Remote Aboriginal Investment Agreement (NTRAI) 2025-31:

(i) the one-off NTRAI baseline data report that was due on 1 May 2026,

(ii) the MEAL Framework that was due on 1 May 2026, and

(iii) the plan on the agreed approach to capturing NTRAI service user experiences that was due on 1 May 2026,

(b) each final report relating to the previous NTRAI 2024-25, that were due on 30 November 2025;

(c) all progress reports and plans delivered under each schedule to the NTRAI 2025-31, including:

(i) the two-year plans for each output, covering the period 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2027, that were due on 30 November 2025, and

(ii) the six-monthly progress reports for each output, covering the period 1 July to 31 December 2025, that were due on 1 April 2026,

(d) the sum of all payments made by the Commonwealth under each schedule to the NTRAI 2025-31; and

(e) a breakdown of each payment made against each associated performance milestone.

Sue Lines (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Minister Gallagher?

Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to make a short statement.

Leave granted.

The government has already agreed to provide Senator Thorpe these documents along with a briefing. Senator Thorpe made this request late last week separately to this OPD. The government continues to identify, collate and work through the large number of documents that relate to both the Northern Territory government and the Commonwealth. We are doing this in good faith following Senator Thorpe's request. In light of the steps we've already taken to provide this information, this order for production is not needed and a waste of the Senate's time.

Sue Lines (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The question is that general business notice of motion No. 487 standing in the name of Senator Thorpe be agreed to.