Grok Chatbot

Fatima Payman

I move:

That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Communications, by no later than 5 pm on Thursday, 19 February 2026, copies of all ministerial submissions, records of conversation, letters, briefing notes, meeting agendas, file notes, meeting invitations, meeting notes, meeting minutes, emails and instant/electronic messages between the Minister for Communications and/or her office, the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts and the Office of the eSafety Commissioner in relation to:

(a) the recent usage of the artificial intelligence chatbot Grok by users on X (formerly Twitter) to create non-consensual sexual imagery; and

(b) the development of any potential response, legislative or otherwise, to the use of Grok in this way.

Katy Gallagher

by leave—I move:

Omit all words after "That", insert:

(a) orders for the production of documents is one of the Senate's most serious powers, and should be used when other processes have been exhausted rather than for fishing expeditions;

(b) senators seeking to order the production of documents should consider paragraph (a) and refine their orders accordingly; and

(c) notes that Senator Payman has been offered multiple briefings by the Minister for Communications on various topics related to online safety and the senator has declined these offers.

Sue Lines

The question is that the amendment as moved by Minister Gallagher to general business notice of motion No. 323 be agreed to.