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Senator THORPE (Victoria—Independent VIC Whip) (11:45): by leave—I move: GENERAL BUSINESS NOTICE OF MOTION NO. 692 That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, by no later than midday on Monday, 12 October 2026: (a) all ministerial submissions and decision briefs related to the design, eligibility criteria or participant selection for the Fuel and Fertiliser Security Facility; (b) all records of meetings, calls or correspondence between the minister's office and Incitec Pivot, CSBP, Summit Fertilizers or Fertilizer Australia; (c) all talking points, question time briefs or media clearance records on shipment announcements provided to or for the minister or her office; and (d) all documents created by, for or in the possession of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) that relate to: (i) the eligibility criteria and assessment framework, including how the published criteria were applied to candidate companies, (ii) any submission or list of recommended importers provided by Fertilizer Australia (the advice referred to in Senate question on notice no. 569), (iii) the advice provided to Export Finance Australia (EFA) on appropriate companies, (iv) each record of EFA/DAFF consultation confirming whether a transaction met policy requirements, including business-as-usual additionality, (v) any policy proposal, options paper or ministerial submission proposing price-risk support for importers, (vi) any advice supporting the statement that 'It is not feasible for Government to work with every importer', and (vii) any correspondence between DAFF and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission concerning the Facility.

GENERAL BUSINESS NOTICE OF MOTION NO. 693 That there be laid on the table by the Minister for Trade and Tourism, by no later than midday on Monday, 12 October 2026: (a) any statement of expectations, direction or instrument issued to Export Finance Australia (EFA) concerning the Fuel and Fertiliser Security Facility; (b) any documentation on the national-interest basis for the Fuel and Fertiliser Security Facility or its transactions; (c) any ministerial submissions on participant selection, including clearance records for the media release 'Securing more fertiliser for Australian farmers'; and (d) all documents held by, in relation to or for EFA from 1 February 2026 to today related to: (i) the defined criteria for inclusion of a transaction under the Strategic Reserve as they apply to fertiliser, (ii) any document setting out the governance framework, delegations or decision-making process for the facility as it applies to fertiliser, (iii) correspondence between EFA and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry or the Department of Industry, Science and Resources concerning the process for recommending or selecting companies for engagement, (iv) any document recording how EFA receives and acts on departmental advice regarding appropriate companies, and (v) any document recording the basis on which engagement was limited to companies recommended by the departments, including any consideration of importers beyond those recommended.

GENERAL BUSINESS NOTICE OF MOTION NO. 694 That there be laid on the table by the Minister for Industry and Innovation, by no later than midday on Monday, 12 October 2026: (a) all ministerial submissions and briefs on the Fuel and Fertiliser Security Facility, including participant selection and the Department of Industry, Science and Resources' (DISR) role in advising Export Finance Australia (EFA); (b) all briefing or clearance records for media releases announcing shipments provided to or for the minister or his office; (c) all records of meetings, calls or correspondence between the minister's office and Incitec Pivot, CSBP, Summit Fertilizers or Fertilizer Australia; (d) advice provided by DISR to EFA on appropriate companies for the facility; (e) each record provided to, created for or by or held by DISR of consultation confirming whether a proposed transaction met policy requirements, including whether it was additional to business-as-usual; (f) any assessment by or for DISR of whether the Incitec Pivot/PT Pupuk Indonesia urea arrangement was additional to business-as-usual; and (g) all briefing, clearance or approval records created or held by DISR for the joint ministerial media releases announcing shipments.

Question agreed to.