Lee Rhiannon (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 961 standing in my name for today relating to an order for the production of documents concerning Senate estimates training for public sector workers before asking that it be taken as formal.

Leave granted.

I move:

That there be laid on the table by the Leader of the Government in the Senate, no later than 11 am on Wednesday, 3 February 2016, all documents (whether archived in paper or digital format) held by the Government in relation to any training since 1 January 2013 undertaken by public servants as preparation to appear before Senate estimates committees, including but not limited to:

(a) media or media awareness training documents or similar;

(b) performance or confidence training documents or similar;

(c) details of contracts, including for each contract the name of the department, dates of training, numbers of staff trained; name of training provider and costs of contracts;

(d) copies of related tender documents, including documents specifying training outcomes sought by departments;

(e) copies of each training program training schedule including, but not limited to, content and aims or outcomes of subjects or module or activities, such as role playing, performance skills, delivery and impression;

(f) examples of individual written reports, analyses of performances, DVDs or other feedback from such courses, with personal identifiers redacted;

(g) documents relating to any training provided by the company Media Manoeuvres and other training providers; and

(h) any other relevant document, memo or emails.

Scott Ryan (Victoria, Liberal Party, Assistant Cabinet Secretary) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to make a short statement.

Gavin Marshall (Victoria, Deputy-President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Leave is granted for one minute.

Scott Ryan (Victoria, Liberal Party, Assistant Cabinet Secretary) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I was not intending to make a statement on this particular legislation. However, with the amendment that is just been moved on the chamber by Senator Rhiannon I am not in a position to seek further advice on. The government will be opposing this motion and I do note that while I am not going to assign a motive to Senator Rhiannon in changing the date at all—I appreciate that it covers a substantially less period—I would also suggest that it only covers a period, effectively, of this government plus nine months. The government will be opposing this motion.

Gavin Marshall (Victoria, Deputy-President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The question is about general business notice of motion No. 961 as amended be agreed to.

Question agreed to.