Jacqui Lambie (Tasmania, Jacqui Lambie Network) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That—

(a) the Senate notes that:

(i) on 16 September 2024 access to correspondence, including email, pertaining to Australian content quotas and/or associated models between the office of the Minister for the Arts and 9 commercial entities, was sought under freedom of information (FOI) 25/110, and

(ii) on 13 November 2024 the minister's office responded to the FOI request, advising that 8 documents had been identified, and access to all 8 documents was refused in full, claiming exemptions under sections 45, 47 and 47F of the Freedom of Information Act 1982; and

(b) there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Arts, by 12.30 pm on Tuesday, 11 February 2025, the documents identified as relevant to the FOI 25/110 application.

Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) 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.

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

The government will be opposing the motion. The documents requested in this motion have already been provided to Senator Lambie, with appropriate redactions, in accordance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.

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

The question is that general business notice of motion No. 760, standing in the name of Senator Lambie, be agreed to.