Lyn Allison (Victoria, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Murray, I move:

That the following matters be referred to the Finance and Public Administration Committee for inquiry and report by the first sitting Thursday of August 2008:

(a)   the Lobbying Code of Conduct issued by the Government;

(b)   whether the proposed code is adequate to achieve its aims and, in particular, whether:

(i)   a consolidated code applying to members of both Houses of the Parliament and their staff, as well as to ministers and their staff, should be adopted by joint resolution of the two Houses,

(ii)   the code should be confined to organisations representing clients, or should be extended to organisations which lobby on their own behalf, and

(iii)   the proposed exemptions are justified; and

(c)   any other relevant matters.

Question agreed to.