Division Description Changes — Documents — Special Purpose Flights; Order for the Production of Documents — 16th Oct 2023

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senate vote 2023-10-16#2 Edited by mackay staff on 2024-01-26 20:52:42	Title ~~Documents — Special Purpose Flights; Order for the Production of Documents~~ Documents - Special Purpose Flights - Order for the Production of Documents Description ~~<p class="speaker">Anthony Chisholm</p>~~ <p>by leave—The government will not be supporting this motion. The government notes that the Senate's website lists the order in question as complied with. We also note that the Senate agreed in this order that information should be provided to the extent that it can be provided, consistent with the advice from security agencies, which is exactly what the government has done. The government further notes that the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security had an opportunity to review a copy of the revised guidelines in compliance with Senate order No. 311. Senator Shoebridge may not like the answer he was given, but he received a very clear and thorough answer from the Deputy Prime Minister in compliance with that order.</p> ~~<p class="speaker">Andrew McLachlan</p>~~ ~~<p>The question before the Senate is that the motion moved by Senator Shoebridge for an order for the production of documents be agreed to.</p>~~ ~~<p></p>~~ The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2023-10-16.122.2) introduced by NSW Senator [David Shoebridge](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/nsw/david_shoebridge) (Greens), which means it passed. ### Motion text *> T*hat the Senate— > *> (a) notes that the response from the Minister for Defence to order for the production of documents no. 309, relating to Special Purpose Aircraft guidelines, did not include a copy of** the draft 2023 Special Purpose Aircraft guidelines; and* > *> (b) requires the Minister representing the Minister for Defence to attend the Senate, after motions to take note of answers on Tuesday, 17 October 2023, to provide an explanation of not mor*e than 5 minutes of the failure to table the draft 2023 guidelines, and that: > >> (i) any senator may move to take note of the explanation; and >> *>> (ii) any such motion may be debated for no longer than 30 minutes, shall have precedence over all other business until determined, and senators may speak to** the motion for not more than 5 minutes each.*

~~Anthony Chisholm~~
by leave—The government will not be supporting this motion. The government notes that the Senate's website lists the order in question as complied with. We also note that the Senate agreed in this order that information should be provided to the extent that it can be provided, consistent with the advice from security agencies, which is exactly what the government has done. The government further notes that the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security had an opportunity to review a copy of the revised guidelines in compliance with Senate order No. 311. Senator Shoebridge may not like the answer he was given, but he received a very clear and thorough answer from the Deputy Prime Minister in compliance with that order.
~~Andrew McLachlan~~
~~The question before the Senate is that the motion moved by Senator Shoebridge for an order for the production of documents be agreed to.~~
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The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2023-10-16.122.2) introduced by NSW Senator [David Shoebridge](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/nsw/david_shoebridge) (Greens), which means it passed.
### Motion text
> *That the Senate—*
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> *(a) notes that the response from the Minister for Defence to order for the production of documents no. 309, relating to Special Purpose Aircraft guidelines, did not include a copy of the draft 2023 Special Purpose Aircraft guidelines; and*
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> *(b) requires the Minister representing the Minister for Defence to attend the Senate, after motions to take note of answers on Tuesday, 17 October 2023, to provide an explanation of not more than 5 minutes of the failure to table the draft 2023 guidelines, and that:*
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>> *(i) any senator may move to take note of the explanation; and*
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>> *(ii) any such motion may be debated for no longer than 30 minutes, shall have precedence over all other business until determined, and senators may speak to the motion for not more than 5 minutes each.*