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

At the request of Senator Henderson, I move:

That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Education, by no later than 5 pm on 28 November 2024:

(a) the number of government consultations undertaken by the Department of Education (the department) that required participants to sign non-disclosure agreements since the start of the parliamentary term;

(b) the subject matter of the consultations that required participants to sign non-disclosure agreements since the start of the parliamentary term;

(c) the number of non-disclosure agreements signed by industry sector organisations and other stakeholders as a condition of participating in government consultation undertaken by the department since the start of the parliamentary term;

(d) the number of industry sector organisations and other stakeholders that refused to sign non-disclosure agreements as a condition of participating in government consultation undertaken by the department since the start of the parliamentary term; and

(e) the number of breaches of government non-disclosure agreements that have been legally pursued since the start of the parliamentary term and actions taken by the department.

Andrew McLachlan (SA, Deputy-President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The question is that the motion be agreed to.

A division having been called and the bells being rung—

Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to cancel the division.

Leave granted.

Question agreed to.