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Title

  • Motions Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education
  • Motions - Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education - Explain inconsistency

Description

  • <p class="speaker">Penny Wong</p>
  • <p>I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 1384, standing in my name, by omitting all words after 'minutes' in part (c) and inserting 'to explain this apparent inconsistency'.</p>
  • <p>Leave granted.</p>
  • The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2019-02-13.198.1) introduced by South Australian Senator [Penny Wong](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/sa/penny_wong) (Labor), which means it succeeded.
  • ### Motion text
  • > *That the Senate—*
  • > *(a) notes that on 25 October 2017, the then Minister for Jobs and Small Business (Senator Cash) told a supplementary Budget estimates hearing that her media adviser, Mr De Garis, had received information that raids on the AWU may take place 'from a media source';*
  • > *(b) further notes that, in court proceedings on 12 February 2019, Mr De Garis has now named the Minister's then-Chief of Staff as the source of the information; and*
  • > *(c) orders the Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education, to attend the Senate at 2 pm on Thursday, 14 February 2019, prior to questions being called on, to make a statement of not more than five minutes to explain this apparent inconsistency.*
  • <p>I move the motion as amended:</p>
  • <p class="italic">That the Senate&#8212;</p>
  • <p class="italic">(a) notes that on 25 October 2017, the then Minister for Jobs and Small Business (Senator Cash) told a supplementary Budget estimates hearing that her media adviser, Mr De Garis, had received information that raids on the AWU may take place 'from a media source';</p>
  • <p class="italic">(b) further notes that, in court proceedings on 12 February 2019, Mr De Garis has now named the Minister's then-Chief of Staff as the source of the information; and</p>
  • <p class="italic">(c) orders the Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education, to attend the Senate at 2 pm on Thursday, 14 February 2019, prior to questions being called on, to make a statement of not more than five minutes to explain this apparent inconsistency.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p>
  • <p>There was another amendment circulated. I'm assuming that's not going to be moved. The question is that motion no. 1384, as amended, be agreed to.</p>