Janet Rice (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That there be laid on the table by the Minister for Youth and Sport, by no later than 2 pm on 13 February 2020:

(a) all communications from the Australian Sports Commission or Sport Australia to the Prime Minister's office or the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, in relation to the Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program;

(b) all communications from the Australian Sports Commission or Sport Australia to the former Minister Sport or their office, regarding the role of the Prime Minister's office in relation to the Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program; and

(c) a comprehensive list of all applications for funding under the Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program, including the score the applications received, which were assessed by the Australian Sports Commission or Sport Australia as having a score of 74 or above, but which did not receive funding through the program.

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

I seek leave to make a short statement.

Scott Ryan (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Leave is granted for one minute.

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

We support this motion. After the resignation of Senator McKenzie over matters raised in this motion, one would think that the Nationals would have learned their lesson. However, overnight Minister Littleproud said in an interview with the ABC:

What people have to understand is you might get a warm, fuzzy feeling voting for a micro-party …

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[They] won't be cutting the cheques. We cut the cheques.

What an outrageous thing to say! Senator McKenzie resigned as Deputy Leader of The Nationals for treating the taxpayer's chequebook as the Nationals' own multimillion-dollar slush fund. Minister Littleproud has been elevated to Deputy Leader of The Nationals and has immediately declared business as usual. The lesson has clearly not been learned. Taxpayers expect and deserve better.

Question agreed to.

Larissa Waters (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I, and also on behalf of Senator Rice, move:

That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Prime Minister, by no later than 2 pm on 13 February 2020:

(a) Any communications, advice or reports from the Prime Minister's Office or the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to the office of the former Minister for Sport in relation to the Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program;

(b) the report or advice prepared by the Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet in relation to the former Minister for Sport's management of the grants program (the 'Gaetjens report');

(c) any communications, advice or reports from the Prime Minister's Office or the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to Sport Australia in relation to the Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program; and

(d) any advice received from the Australian Government Solicitor in relation to the Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program.

Question agreed to.