COMMITTEES

Senator WATERS (Queensland—Leader of the Australian Greens) (15:40): I move: That the following matters be referred to the Environment and Communications References Committee for inquiry and report by 20 November 2025: (a) the Government's secrecy and withholding of the Climate Risk Assessment (the assessment) from the Australian public since December 2024; (b) the research, consultation and preparation of the assessment by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water; (c) the expected ongoing impacts upon the Australian community that are contained within the assessment; (d) the budgetary costs of both climate-driven natural disasters and any government adaptation plans; (e) the Government's ongoing approach to transparency related to reducing emissions and adaptation to a world currently on track for 2.6 to 3.1 degrees of warming; and (f) any other related matters.