David Shoebridge (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

(1) That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Attorney-General, by no later than 10 am on Thursday, 15 December 2022, all correspondence, emails, briefings, notes, meeting agendas and minutes, and other records of interactions between the Attorney-General or the Attorney-General's Department and New South Wales or Queensland authorities responsible for prisons since 1 January 2022 in relation to:

(a) the visit to Australia by the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture in October 2022; or

(b) the implementation of the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture.

(2) For the purposes of this order, 'New South Wales or Queensland authorities responsible for prisons' includes but is not limited to:

(a) ministers of the New South Wales or Queensland governments;

(b) the New South Wales Department of Communities and Justice;

(c) Corrective Services NSW;

(d) the Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General;

(e) Queensland Corrective Services; and

(f) individual prisons, mental health facilities or other places of detention within New South Wales or Queensland.

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

The government will not be supporting this motion today. The subject matter for this order for the production of documents covers matters that could prejudice Commonwealth-state relations and international relations. The Commonwealth supported the recent visit by the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and makes significant efforts to facilitate the subcommittee's access to places of detention. We encourage the subcommittee to resume its visit and will continue making efforts to that end.

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

The question is that general business notice of motion No. 101, standing in the name of Senator Shoebridge, be agreed to.