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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) (17:35): by leave—I move: Omit all words after "That", substitute: (a) the power to order 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 be agreed to. A division is required, and we'll move that one to the end.