Sarah Henderson (Victoria, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Education) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

(1) That the Senate notes that:

(a) at the estimates hearing of the Education and Employment Legislation Committee on 2 June 2023:

(i) the Assistant Minister representing the Minister for Education was asked to provide any correspondence, directions, notes or other details, including communications with the Department of Education concerning the minister's review of the Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) Australian Taxation Office (ATO) payments system (question no. SQ23-000817),

(ii) the Secretary of the department was asked to provide all communications, emails between the Minister for Education's office, the department and any other relevant stakeholder, including the ATO, concerning the work that is being undertaken to review the HELP ATO payments system (question no. SQ23-000383); (collectively, the documents); and

(b) neither the Minister for Education or the department have provided the documents in answers to questions on notice; and

(2) That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Education, by no later than 4 pm on Friday, 10 November 2023, all correspondence, directions, notes, briefs and other communications received by or sent to the Minister for Education or the department concerning the Minister for Education's review of the HELP