Department of Social Services

Malcolm Roberts

I move:

(1) There be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Social Services, Senator Gallagher, by no later than midday on Tuesday, 10 March 2026, a copy of the document titled Building a New Life in Australia Release 6.1 (Waves 1-6) in full, including datasets and without redaction.

(2) If the Senate is not sitting when the documents are ready for presentation, the documents are to be presented to the President under standing order 166.

Anthony Chisholm

by leave—I move:

Omit all words after "That", substitute "the Senate notes that:

(a) page 662 of Odgers' Australian Senate Practice 14th edition states 'It has long been recognised that there is information held by government that it would not be in the public interest to disclose'; and

(b) it is not appropriate for senators to propose orders for the production of documents where documents must be produced 'without redaction'".

Sue Lines

There are now two deferred votes. We will now deal with the deferred amendments. Pursuant to order agreed to earlier today, I will now put the question on the government amendments to notices of motion Nos 368, 370, 383 to 385, 387, 389 to 392. The question is that those amendments be agreed to.