Jordon Steele-John (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I, and also on behalf of Senator Urquhart, seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 669, relating to the government response to the report of the Environment and Communications References Committee on Australia's video game industry.

Leave granted.

I move the motion as amended.

That the Senate—

(a) notes:

  (i) the unanimous findings of the report of the Environment and Communications References Committee, Game on: more than playing around –The future of Australia's video game development industry, received on 29 April 2016,

  (ii) that, on 13 June 2017, the Senate agreed to a motion moved by Senator Ludlam, requiring the Minister for Communications to table the Government's response by no later than 3 pm on 14 June 2017,

  (iii) that, on 24 October 2017, Senator Fifield stated at supplementary budget estimates in response to questioning by Senator Urquhart that processes for a whole-of-government response were ongoing and included his input,

  (iv) that, on 5 December 2017, the Senate agreed to a motion, moved by Senator Steele-John and co-sponsored by Senator O'Neill, requiring the Minister for Communications to table the Government's response by no later than 3 pm on 6 December 2017,

  (v) that, on 6 December 2017, the minister stated that a response would be tabled prior to the end of 2017,

  (vi) (v)that, on 31 January 2018, the minister finally released the Government response, in which the Government notes five of the eight recommendations, does not support two of the recommendations, and supports one recommendation in principle only; and

(b) calls on the Government to reconsider its response to the Senate inquiry into the future of Australia's video game development industry, and support both the unanimous recommendations of the committee and the Australian video games industry.

Question agreed to.