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Senator GALLAGHER (Australian Capital Territory—Minister for Finance, Minister for the Public Service, Minister for Women, Minister for Government Services and Manager of Government Business in the Senate) (12:41): I seek leave to move an amendment to the motion. Leave granted. Senator GALLAGHER: I move: 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 amendment is the same as the amendment I moved to the previous one, as it relates to a request from the government that senators consider when they call for an order of production of documents prior to other avenues being exhausted and that senators should reflect on that and refine their orders accordingly.