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senate vote 2025-02-05#10
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2025-02-28 15:04:30
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Title
Documents — Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water; Order for the Production of Documents- Documents - Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water - Order for the Production of Documents
Description
<p class="speaker">Wendy Askew</p><p>On behalf of Senator Duniam, I move:</p>-
- The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2025-02-05.158.1) introduced by Tasmanian Senator [Wendy Askew](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/wendy_askew) (Liberal) on behalf of Tasmanian Senator [Jonathon Duniam](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/jonathon_duniam) (Liberal)
- ### Motion text
- > *That—*
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- > *(a) the Senate notes that:*
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- >> *(i) on 29 November 2024, access to documents was sought in relation to the Nature Positive bills currently before the Parliament under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act),*
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- >> *(ii) on 28 January 2025, Minister Plibersek's office responded, advising that 6 documents (totalling 42 pages) related to the request, with access refused in part to an email and letter from Minister Plibersek's office to Senator Hanson-Young, and an email and letter from Minister Plibersek's office to Senator David Pocock (document nos 2 and 4), based on section 47C of the FOI Act, a public interest conditional exemption relating to deliberative processes, and*
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- >> *(iii) the Senate is not subject to such deliberative processes exemptions; and*
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- > *(b) there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Water, by no later than 4 pm on 6 February 2025, the following documents:*
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- >> *(i) document no. 2 in Attachment A to the FOI decision with the description 'email and letter from Minister's office to Senator Hanson Young', dated 25 November 2024, and*
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- >> *(ii) document no. 4 in Attachment A to the FOI decision with the description 'email and letter from Minister's office to Senator Pocock', dated 25 November 2024.*
<p class="italic">That—</p><p class="italic">(a) the Senate notes that:</p><p class="italic">(i) on 29 November 2024, access to documents was sought in relation to the Nature Positive bills currently before the Parliament under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act),</p><p class="italic">(ii) on 28 January 2025, Minister Plibersek's office responded, advising that 6 documents (totalling 42 pages) related to the request, with access refused in part to an email and letter from Minister Plibersek's office to Senator Hanson-Young, and an email and letter from Minister Plibersek's office to Senator David Pocock (document nos 2 and 4), based on section 47C of the FOI Act, a public interest conditional exemption relating to deliberative processes, and</p><p class="italic">(iii) the Senate is not subject to such deliberative processes exemptions; and</p><p class="italic">(b) there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Water, by no later than 4 pm on 6 February 2025, the following documents:</p><p class="italic">(i) document no. 2 in Attachment A to the FOI decision with the description 'email and letter from Minister's office to Senator Hanson Young', dated 25 November 2024, and</p><p class="italic">(ii) document no. 4 in Attachment A to the FOI decision with the description 'email and letter from Minister's office to Senator Pocock', dated 25 November 2024.</p> <p class="speaker">Sue Lines</p><p>The question is that general business notice of motion No. 746, standing in the name of Senator Duniam, be agreed to.</p><p></p> -
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