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Senator DEAN SMITH (Western Australia) (16:32): I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Treasurer by no later than 5 pm on Tuesday, 11 February 2025: (a) all correspondence, including letters, emails, instant messages and text messages between the Treasurer or his office, the Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury or his office, and the Treasury relating to: (i) the Tax Laws Amendment (Incentivising Food Donation to Charitable Organisations) Bill 2024, and/or (ii) any policy for a tax incentive to encourage food donations to charities, including any policy based on recommendation 19 of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Agriculture report, Australian story: Feeding the nation and beyond (the report), released in November 2023; (b) any ministerial briefings, minutes or advice provided by the Treasury to the Treasurer or his office, or the Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury or his office, relating to: (i) the Tax Laws Amendment (Incentivising Food Donation to Charitable Organisations) Bill 2024, and/or (ii) any policy for a tax incentive to encourage food donations to charities, including any policy based on recommendation 19 of the report; and (c) internal Treasury correspondence, including that to and from the Secretary of the Treasury or his office, relating to: (i) the Tax Laws Amendment (Incentivising Food Donation to Charitable Organisations) Bill 2024, and/or (ii) any policy for a tax incentive to encourage food donations to charities, including any policy based on recommendation 19 of the report.

Question agreed to.