Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the Senate. On behalf of the minister, I inform the Senate that detailed government consideration of the Montara report is continuing and the minister intends to release the report publicly together with the draft whole-of-government response for public consultation before the end of this year. It is the government’s firm belief that this process will result in the speediest and most effective response to the lessons from the Montara incident and that early release of the report will compromise that process. The government therefore does not support the motion.