Richard Di Natale (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(1) notes:

(a) the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) government's approval of a trial of pill testing at the Spilt Milk music festival at Commonwealth Park, Canberra on 25 November 2017;

(b) that the ACT Shadow Attorney-General (Mr Hanson) wrote to the Minister for Local Government and Territories and the Minister for Health (Senator Nash) about the Federal Government's 'anti-drug campaign' highlighting that the Minister can give the National Capital Authority 'general directions as to the performance of its functions; and

(c) that the pill testing trial at Spilt Milk was subsequently postponed due to requirements for further documentation in untenable timeframes by the National Capital Authority.

(2) orders that there be laid on the table by the Minister for Local Government and Territories, by no later than 6 pm on 19 October 2017:

(a) any response from a government Minister to the correspondence from the ACT Shadow Attorney-General; and

(b) any documents relating to the pill testing trial at the Spilt Milk festival in the Australian Capital Territory to the National Capital Authority from the Minister for Regional Development, the Attorney-General, the Minister for Health or any other government source in September or October 2017.

James McGrath (Queensland, Liberal National Party, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to make a short statement.

Stephen Parry (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Leave is granted for a period up to a maximum of one minute.

James McGrath (Queensland, Liberal National Party, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

This morning, the Minister for Regional Development's office provided all relevant documents to the senator's office in good faith. The fact this motion is still being moved is perplexing, given that all documents which are being sought have already been provided.

Question agreed to.