Senate debates

Thursday, 11 June 2020

Documents

JobKeeper Payment; Order for the Production of Documents

5:09 pm

Photo of Larissa WatersLarissa Waters (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | | Hansard source

I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 627 by amending the return date to 31 July.

Leave granted.

I move the motion as amended:

That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Treasurer, by 9.30am on 31 July 2020, all documents held within the Office of the Treasurer, the Australian Taxation Office and/or the Department of Education, Skills and Employment relating to:

(a) any data regarding the breakdown of individuals in receipt of the JobKeeper Payment by gender, age and location;

(b) any data regarding the salary of recipients prior to receiving the JobKeeper Payment;

(c) any data regarding recipients who were earning less than the JobKeeper Payment prior to receiving the JobKeeper payment, including:

  (i) how much recipients were earning;

  (ii) a breakdown of the age, gender and location of those recipients; and

  (iii) whether those recipients were in receipt of any other social security payments and the details of those payments.

5:10 pm

Photo of Jonathon DuniamJonathon Duniam (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries) Share this | | Hansard source

I seek leave to make a short statement.

Photo of Scott RyanScott Ryan (President) Share this | | Hansard source

Leave is granted for one minute.

Photo of Jonathon DuniamJonathon Duniam (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries) Share this | | Hansard source

The government will not oppose this motion, however the Senate should note that data relating to part 2 of the motion is not available, and, as stated in the letter from the Leader of the Government in the Senate to the President dated 20 May and the Treasurer's letter to the Clerk of the House of Representatives dated 10 June, data called for in part 3 is also not available.

Question agreed to.