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 midday on Friday, 24 May 2024, the following documents:

(a) all agreements signed by Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw with the People's Republic of China and/or the Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China during Commissioner Kershaw's visit to the People's Republic of China in March 2024;

(b) all current and expired agreements entered into between the Australian Federal Police and the Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China; and

(c) all correspondence between the Australian Federal Police (including its agents, officers and employees) and the Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China (including its agents, officers and employees) in relation to the agreements mentioned in paragraph (a).

(2) That once received by the Clerk or the President, documents returned and any correspondence responding to the order shall be deemed to have been presented to the Senate and publication of the documents is authorised.

Question negatived.

by leave—I ask that the Greens support for our motion to get this transparency be noted.

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

by leave—I'd like to record my support for the motion.