Wendy Askew (Tasmania, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Bragg, I move:

That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Assistant Treasurer, by no later than 5 pm on Tuesday 29 November 2022, the following documents in relation to the consultation on 'Crypto asset secondary service providers: Licensing and custody requirements', commenced by the Treasury on 21 March 2022:

(a) all briefings provided to the Assistant Treasurer by the Treasury relating to the Treasury consultation, received between 21 May and 29 November 2022;

(b) all documents detailing any policy options that have been recommended to the Assistant Treasurer by the Treasury relating to the Treasury consultation, received between 21 May and 29 November 2022;

(c) any draft legislation that has been developed by the Treasury to implement the policy recommendations specified in paragraph (b), between 21 May and 29 November 2022;

(d) all documents and/or correspondence between the Assistant Treasurer and the Treasury detailing a determination on why submissions to the Treasury consultation have not been uploaded to the Treasury website received between 21 May and 29 November 2022;

(e) all submissions provided to the Treasury consultation; and

(f) all documents, briefings and/or correspondence detailing meetings between the Assistant Treasurer and the Treasury regarding this Treasury consultation, between 21 May and 29 November 2022.

Anthony Chisholm (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Education) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to make a short statement.

Sue Lines (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Leave is granted for one minute.

Anthony Chisholm (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Education) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Senator Bragg's motion, as usual, is a waste of time. He has already asked the Assistant Treasurer for the exact same documents through a freedom of information process and has submitted the request through a parliamentary question on notice. Senator Bragg is good at wasting the Senate's time, and, again, this is another stunt. It is not a duplication process but a triplication. The government is more than happy to be transparent on this issue through the FOI and the question on notice process. The motion is a waste of time and should be opposed.

Sue Lines (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The question is that general business notice of motion No. 86 standing in the name of Senator Bragg and moved by Senator Askew be agreed to.