Local Content Broadcasting

The majority voted in favour of a motion introduced by Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie (Jacqui Lambie Network), which means it was successful.

Motion text

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

(i) on 6 February 2025, the Senate agreed to order for the production of documents no. 760, relating to access to documents dealing with Australian content quotas and/or or associated models between the office of the Minister for the Arts and 9 commercial entities, and

(ii) to date the Government has refused to comply with the order and has advanced unacceptable public interest immunity claims; and

(b) requires the Minister representing the Minister for the Arts to attend the Senate after question time on Thursday, 13 February 2025, to provide an explanation, of no more than 5 minutes, for the failure to comply with the order and the misuse of a public interest immunity claim, 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, have precedence over all business until determined, and senators may speak to the motion for not more than 5 minutes each.