18th Mar 2021, 5:15 PM – Senate Committees - Select Committee on Administration of Sports Grants - Produce documents

The same number of senators voted for and against the motion to adopt Recommendation 9 of the report by the Select Committee on Administration of Sports Grants. This means that the recommendation will not be adopted in the Senate because it did not receive majority support.

Motion text

The committee recommends the Senate adopt a resolution requiring the production of the following documents:

That the Senate orders that there be laid on the table by the Minister for Sport no later than 10.00am on 12 May 2021, the following documents:

the legal advice given to the board of Sport Australia relating to funding decisions under the CSIG program;

the full unredacted list of grant applicants as they relate to Sport Australia’s assessment scores and comments;

the full list of applications recommended for funding by Sport Australia, regardless of whether that recommendation was later changed;

the talking points memo prepared by staff within Senator McKenzie’s office for her meeting with the Prime Minister on 28 November 2018; and

any other relevant documents including attachments, spreadsheets and briefs.

That the Senate orders that there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Prime Minister no later than 10.00am on 12 May 2021 the Gaetjens report and any documents used to inform the report.