19th Aug 2015, 3:51 PM – Senate Order for the Production of Documents from the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption

An equal number of Senators voted for and against the following motion by Claire Moore, which means the motion was not passed:

I move:

That there be laid on the table by the Attorney-General, no later than midday on Thursday, 20 August 2015, all documents related to the proposed attendance of Commissioner Dyson Heydon at a Liberal Party function on 26 August 2015, including:

(a) documents held by Commissioner Dyson Heydon, and the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption, including any communication or record of communication with organisers of the Liberal Party's 2015 Sir Garfield Barwick Lecture;

(b) any communication or record of communication between:

• (i) the Attorney-General or his office, the Attorney-General's Department, the Prime Minister or his office, or the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and

• (ii) Commissioner Dyson Heydon, the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption, or the organisers of the Liberal Party's 2015 Sir Garfield Barwick Lecture;

(c) any communication or record of communication between the Attorney-General or his office and the Prime Minister or his office; and

(d) any communication or record of communication between the Attorney-General's Department and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.