Malcolm Roberts (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

ROBERTS () (): I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 579, standing in my name for today, relating to an order for the production of documents and an attendance by a minister.

Leave granted.

I move the motion as amended:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

(i) on 14 August 2024, order for production of documents no. 567 was agreed to by the Senate, requiring the Minister representing the Minister for Communications to table the government response to the interim report of the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee on the shutdown of the 3G mobile network by no later than midday on Monday, 19 August 2024, and

(ii) the Government's response does not indicate any intention to impose a condition on the shutdown;

(b) requires the Minister representing the Minister for Communications to attend the Senate after motions to take note of answers on Wednesday, 21 August 2024 to provide an explanation, of no more than 5 minutes, of why the Government has failed to place a single condition on the 3G mobile network shutdown;

(c) any senator may move to take note of the explanation required by paragraph (b); and

(d) any motion under paragraph (c) may be debated for no longer than 30 minutes, shall have precedence over all business until determined, and senators may speak to the motion for not more than 5 minutes each.