Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate:

(a) notes that:

  (i) on 27 June 2018, the Senate agreed to an order for the production of documents (number 908), ordering that there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources (Senator Canavan), by no later than 8 pm on 28 June 2018, documents provided as an incoming brief to the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder, Ms Jody Swirepik, and

  (ii) on 10 July 2018, Senator Canavan advised the President of the Senate that the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources did not provide an incoming brief to the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder, Ms Jody Swirepik;

(b) further notes that, in response to questions from Senator Patrick on 25 May 2018 during additional estimates hearings of the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee on cross-portfolio Murray-Darling Basin Plan matters, Ms Swirepik confirmed she had received an induction briefing prepared by the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office; and

(c) orders that there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, by not later than 11am on 23 August 2018, all documents provided to the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder, Ms Jody Swirepik, as an induction briefing, including its cover brief and all attachments

Question agreed to.