Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Environment, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

The response to this order from the Minister for Communications represents a new low for the Albanese government when it comes to transparency. Either documents enjoy the protection of being cabinet documents and need that protection to be maintained or they're not and don't. This minister is applying a new and opaque set of words—that release of documents may 'pre-empt' cabinet deliberations. This PII claim is disrespectful to Senator Lambie and, of course, disrespectful of the Senate. This government's apparent commitment to transparency is so opaque it even has light bending around it!