Claire Chandler (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I seek leave to amend business of the Senate notice of motion No. 2 standing in my name.

Leave granted.

I amend the motion in the terms circulated in the chamber. I move the motion as amended:

That the following matter be referred to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee for inquiry and report by 28 November 2024:

The Australian Government's responses to the wrongful detention of Australian citizens overseas, with particular reference to:

(a) how Australia can improve its policy framework to deter the practice of arbitrary detention for diplomatic leverage ('hostage diplomacy') and increase transparency and public awareness of the regimes which engage in the practice;

(b) Australia's foreign policy responses to regimes that wrongfully detain Australian citizens;

(c) Australia's current processes for categorising and declaring cases of wrongful detention;

(d) the management of cases of wrongful detention by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade;

(e) communications with and support for families of Australians being wrongfully detained overseas;

(f) communications with and support for Australians who have been released from wrongful detention; and

(g) any other related matters.

Question agreed to.