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Senator KOVACIC (New South Wales) (16:08): At the request of Senator Henderson, I move general business notices of motion Nos 656 to 664 together: GENERAL BUSINESS NOTICE OF MOTION NO. 656 That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy, by no later than midday on 17 September 2026, the following documents which relate to the Cheaper Home Batteries Program: (a) all 'Ministerial Update—Clean Energy Regulator Battery Inspection Program Action Plans' provided to the minister's office from 1 July 2025 to date; (b) all Clean Energy Regulator battery inspection reports provided to the minister's office from 1 July 2025 to date; (c) the latest iteration of the question time brief with the reference number QB26-000014; (d) all correspondence received by the minister from Ms Roslyn Baker, Chief Executive Officer of Solar Accreditation Australia, concerning the operation of the Cheaper Home Batteries Program from 1 July 2025 to date; (e) all documents produced by the Industry Advisory Implementation Committee which have been provided to the minister and documents that contain the findings, recommendations, analysis, insights, observations and notes provided to the minister concerning the committee's work; and (f) all documents produced from the intergovernmental sub-group on batteries that have been provided to the minister, and documents which contain the findings, recommendations, analysis, insights, observations and notes provided to the minister concerning the sub-group's work.

GENERAL BUSINESS NOTICE OF MOTION NO. 657 That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Prime Minister, by no later than midday on 16 September 2026, the current iteration of the document identified by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet per freedom of information request LEX 2026/262. GENERAL BUSINESS NOTICE OF MOTION NO. 658 That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy, by no later than midday on 17 September 2026, the final iterations of any end product work provided to the Climate Change Authority from Impression Bay Pty Ltd related to contract notice CN4257933, with the description 'Graphic Design'.

GENERAL BUSINESS NOTICE OF MOTION NO. 659 That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy, by no later than midday on 17 September 2026, the final iterations of any end product work provided to the Climate Change Authority from Ernst and Young arising from contract notice CN4249067, with the description 'Safeguard modelling 2026'.

GENERAL BUSINESS NOTICE OF MOTION NO. 660 That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy, by no later than midday on 17 September 2026, all documents from the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water that have been provided to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy over the past three months that update the minister on: (a) the delivery of the social licence benefits associated with contracted Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) projects; (b) the status of CIS projects, including the execution of CIS agreements; and (c) the financial and fiscal impact of the CIS.

GENERAL BUSINESS NOTICE OF MOTION NO. 661 That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy, by no later than midday on 16 September 2026, the latest two iterations of a back pocket brief produced by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, titled 'Rewiring the Nation Details (EC26-000178)'.

GENERAL BUSINESS NOTICE OF MOTION NO. 662 That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy, by no later than midday on 16 September 2026: (a) all correspondence issued by the Minister for Climate Change and Energy to heads of government and heads of state concerning attendance and participation at pre-COP in Tuvalu; (b) all correspondence returned by those to whom correspondence was sent; and (c) a list of all civil society/non-government organisations that have been invited by the Minister for Climate Change and Energy to attend pre-COP in Fiji.

GENERAL BUSINESS NOTICE OF MOTION NO. 663 That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy, by no later than midday on 16 September 2026, any modelling and accompanying or subsequent analysis undertaken by the minister's department which concerns the expansion of the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme from 100 kW to 1 MW.

GENERAL BUSINESS NOTICE OF MOTION NO. 664 That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy, by no later than midday on 16 September 2026, all email correspondence between the Clean Energy Regulator and the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, between 1 July and 31 December 2025, which concerns fires from installed batteries under the Cheaper Home Batteries Program.

Senator McKim: On behalf of the Australian Greens, I ask that Nos 658 and 659 be put separately to the others please. The PRESIDENT: The question is that general business notices of motion Nos 658 and 659, standing in the name of Senator Henderson, be agreed to. Question agreed to.

The PRESIDENT: The question is that general business notices of motion Nos 656, 657, 660, 661, 662, 663 and 664 standing in the name of Senator Henderson be agreed to.