Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force

The majority voted against a motion introduced by Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie (Jacqui Lambie Network), which means it failed.

Motion text

That—

(a) the Senate notes that orders for the production of documents nos 541, 550 and 568 relating to the final report of the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force twenty-year review have not been complied with; and

(b) until the Senate resolves that the orders have been satisfactorily complied with, the Minister representing the Minister for Defence be required to attend the Senate at the start of proceedings on the first day of each sitting week to provide an explanation of the failure to comply with the orders, and that:

(i) any senator may move to take note of the explanation, and

(ii) any such motion can 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.