David Pocock (ACT, Independent) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

(1) That the Senate notes that:

(a) the Government tabled documents in response to order of production of documents no. 647 on 31 October 2024;

(b) the Government has made a claim of public interest immunity over 3 documents, on the basis that disclosure of the documents could be expected to damage the commercial interests of the parties that provided those documents;

(c) the documents subject to this claim of public interest immunity, based on what has been identified, but not tabled, in the response, are:

(i) an attachment to an email from Responsible Wagering Australia, sent on 23 April 2024, which had previously been shared with Ministers Rowland and Rishworth in January 2024,

(ii) a letter from the NRL sent to the Prime Minister's Office on 25 September 2024 detailing the NRL's 'position on the proposed reforms', and

(iii) an attachment to an email from the AFL sent to the Prime Minister's Office on 1 October 2024;

(d) the Senate cannot properly assess whether it should accept or reject this claim of public interest immunity if it cannot assess the character or scope of these documents;

(e) it is unlikely that the entire contents of these 3 documents would damage the commercial interests of these parties; and

(f) the Government is able to table the documents in a redacted form.

(2) That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Prime Minister by no later than 9 am on Wednesday, 20 November 2024, the 3 documents listed above, with appropriate redactions of any information that could specifically damage the commercial interests of the parties that provided them.

Question agreed to.