Rex Patrick (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

I seek leave to amend notice of motion No. 1.

Leave granted.

I move the motion as amended:

That the following matter be referred to the Committee of Privileges for inquiry and report:

Having regard to the matters raised by Senator Patrick in correspondence tabled by the President on 12 May 2021:

(a) whether any conduct ofthe former Minister for Defence, Senator Reynolds, or any other person amounted to an improper interference with the Economics References Committee inquiry into Australia's sovereign naval shipbuilding capability; and

(b) if so, whether any contempt was committed in respect of those matters.