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Senator CHISHOLM (Queensland—Assistant Minister for Regional Development, Assistant Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Assistant Minister for Resources and Deputy Manager of Government Business in the Senate) (17:09): I seek leave to move an amendment. The PRESIDENT: Leave is granted for one minute. Senator CHISHOLM: I move an amendment to general business notice of motion No. 338: Omit all words after "That", substitute: (a) orders for the production of documents is one of the Senate's most serious powers, and should be used when other processes have been exhausted rather than for fishing expeditions; and (b) senators seeking to order the production of documents should consider paragraph (a) and refine their orders accordingly.

The PRESIDENT: The question is that the amendment as moved by Senator Chisholm to general business notice of motion No. 338, standing in the name of Senator Barbara Pocock, be agreed to.