Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

ANSON-YOUNG () (): I seek leave to amend motion No. 1291 standing in my name, in the terms circulated to the chamber. It was simply a change to the minister's official title.

Leave granted.

I move:

That—

(a) the Senate notes:

(i) the refusal of the Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction, the Honourable Angus Taylor, to provide information and documents requested by the Environment and Communications References Committee in a written question on notice dated 31 August 2021 as part of its inquiry into gas production in the Beetaloo Basin, and

(ii) the refusal of the Minister for Resources and Water, the Honourable Keith Pitt, to provide documents requested by the Environment and Communications References Committee in a written question on notice, dated 31August 2021, as part of its inquiry into gas production in the Beetaloo Basin; and

(b) there be laid on the table by Minister representing the Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction, by no later than 7 December 2021, the following documents:

(i) unredacted document 4 of FOI Disclosure Log 21/013/68011M, relating to email correspondence dated 14 January 2021 between Empire Energy and the office of the Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction, and

(ii) unredacted document 5 of FOI Disclosure Log 21/013/68011M relating to email correspondence dated 25 February 2021 between Empire Energy and the office of the Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction;

(c) there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Resources and Water, by no later than 7 December 2021, unredacted FOI Disclosure Document 68003 relating to correspondence between Empire Energy and the office of the Minister for Resources and Water;

(d) the names and contact details of private individuals may be redacted from the ordered documents; and

(e) if the Senate is not sitting when the documents are ready for presentation, the documents are to be presented to the President under standing order 166.

Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to make a short statement.

Slade Brockman (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Leave is granted for one minute.

Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction and the Minister for Resources and Water have complied with the provision of all documents under orders for the production of documents relating to the Beetaloo Cooperative Drilling Program, and the Senate has already received redacted documents consistent with what has been provided to applicants under the Freedom of Information Act.

Question agreed to.