Scott Ludlam (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

  (a)   notes evidence provided at Senate Estimates on 28 May 2012 by the Secretary of the Department of Defence (Mr Lewis), regarding the 2013 Defence White Paper process not including a community consultation process, but instead engaging peak organisations, industry groups and think tanks; and

  (b)   calls on the Government to:

     (i)   detail which peak organisations, industry groups and think tanks will be afforded the opportunity to provide input into the 2013 Defence White Paper and the criteria for their selection,

     (ii)   state the reasons for not incorporating a public consultation component into the development of the paper, and

     (iii)   advise the Senate whether the Government is interested in hearing from the Australian public on the development of the paper; and if so, how.