Anthony Chisholm (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Education) Share this | Hansard source

This statement will also apply to the next motion as well. Senator Hume's OPDs are broad ranging and detailed and move beyond the common practice of what this chamber orders through a motion of this nature. There are other established legislative avenues for assessing detailed requests such as this, including established freedom-of-information processes. I would also note that this broad-ranging OPD is in the name of a former Morrison government minister, a government that consistently failed to produce documents in response to simple requests from the Senate. In anticipation of the coalition and the Greens joining together to support these motions, we will consider what can be provided within the nominated time frame.

Question agreed to.