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senate vote 2021-03-18#29
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mackay staff
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2021-05-07 08:22:40
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Title
Committees — Select Committee on Administration of Sports Grants- Committees - Select Committee on Administration of Sports Grants - Produce documents
Description
<p class="speaker">Anthony Chisholm</p><p>I present the final report of the Select Committee on Administration of Sports Grants, together with the<i> Hansard</i> record of proceedings and documents presented to the committee. I seek leave to move a motion in relation to the report.</p><p>Leave not granted.</p>- The same number of senators voted for and against the motion to adopt [Recommendation 9]( https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Administration_of_Sports_Grants/AdminSportsGrants/Report/section?id=committees%2freportsen%2f024450%2f72751) 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.
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- > *The committee recommends the Senate adopt a resolution requiring the production of the following documents:*
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- > *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:*
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- >> *the legal advice given to the board of Sport Australia relating to funding decisions under the CSIG program;*
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- >> *the full unredacted list of grant applicants as they relate to Sport Australia’s assessment scores and comments;*
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- >> *the full list of applications recommended for funding by Sport Australia, regardless of whether that recommendation was later changed;*
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- >> *the talking points memo prepared by staff within Senator McKenzie’s office for her meeting with the Prime Minister on 28 November 2018; and*
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- >> *any other relevant documents including attachments, spreadsheets and briefs.*
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- > *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.*
<p>Unidentified senator: I seek leave to speak to the report.</p><p>Leave not granted.</p> <p class="speaker">Janet Rice</p><p>Pursuant to contingent notice of motion, I move:</p><p class="italic">That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent Senator Rice moving a motion associated with the report of the sports grants inquiry.</p> <p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p><p>There is no contingent notice, I understand, for the purposes you're outlining, Senator Rice, so you can move a motion to suspend standing orders to allow for consideration of that matter. If you wish to do that, you can. That requires an absolute majority.</p> <p class="speaker">Janet Rice</p><p>I move:</p><p class="italic">That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent Senator Rice moving a motion associated with the report of the sports grants inquiry.</p> <p class="speaker">Simon Birmingham</p><p>Ordinarily at the tabling of committee reports there is an opportunity to take note of those committee reports. I understand that the arrangements in place today, Mr President, are such that, as you have seen with the other committee reports, committee reports have simply been tabled and the chamber has moved on. If it will facilitate the smooth running of the Senate, the government will grant leave for some short statements to be made, noting that, when the Senate next sits, senators will be free to dwell more fulsomely upon the report if they wish to.</p> <p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p><p>I am just going to provide the chamber with what I know, because this is obviously not something that has been discussed in the normal course. I understand there is a motion that relates to a recommendation that includes an order for the production of documents, and people are seeking an opportunity to debate the report.</p><p>Honourable senators interjecting—</p><p>You can only speak on behalf of yourselves. I've asked others whether they wish to speak to it, and they have. I'll take it back a couple of steps now that people are more aware of what is being sought. The question is: is leave granted for Senator Chisholm to move a motion with respect to the recommendations in the report?</p><p>An honourable senator interjecting—</p><p>Can you inform the chamber of the motion, Senator Chisholm?</p> <p class="speaker">Anthony Chisholm</p><p>It is a motion that recommendation 9 of the report, which proposes an order for the production of documents, be adopted.</p> <p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p><p>Has that motion been circulated?</p> <p class="speaker">Anthony Chisholm</p><p>It's part of the report which just got tabled.</p> <p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p><p>Not all senators are aware of a report that has only just been tabled though, Senator Chisholm.</p><p>Honourable senators interjecting—</p><p>This needs the unanimous consent of the chamber to go forward, unless there is a suspension of standing orders. I can imagine some people are considering how long the debate would go before any of the other 75 senators might wish to grant leave. For the information of the chamber, because it's normally discussed in other meetings, is this a motion that is sought to be debated or sought to be voted on?</p><p>An honourable senator interjecting—</p><p>I'm going to put it then. Is Senator Chisholm granted leave to move that motion?</p><p>Leave granted.</p> <p class="speaker">Anthony Chisholm</p><p>I move:</p><p class="italic">That recommendation No. 9 of the report proposing for an order for the production of documents be adopted.</p> <p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p><p>The question is as outlined in recommendation 9 of the committee report, as moved by Senator Chisholm.</p>
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