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Senator KOVACIC (New South Wales) (15:39): At the request of Senator Canavan, I move general business notices of motion Nos 791, 792 and 793 together: GENERAL BUSINESS NOTICE OF MOTION NO. 791 That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs, by no later than midday on Thursday, 22 October 2026, the following documents relating to changes announced, made or proposed during 2026 to the Working Holiday Maker program: (a) the final version of any document recording the minister's decision or approval to: (i) introduce or alter a numerical limit, ballot or other allocation mechanism affecting second or third Working Holiday (subclass 417) or Work and Holiday (subclass 462) visas, (ii) alter eligibility for a second or third such visa, or (iii) alter the processing priority or anticipated processing times for such visas; (b) the final document setting out the methodology or calculation used to determine any numerical limit or allocation applying to second or third Working Holiday Maker visas; (c) the final implementation plan, operational instruction or departmental direction giving effect to any matter referred to in paragraph (a); (d) the final departmental estimate or assessment of: (i) the number of visa applications and visa grants affected, (ii) anticipated processing times, (iii) the number of current or prospective visa holders affected, and (iv) the commencement and transitional arrangements applying to applications already lodged or persons undertaking specified work; and (e) all attachments to the documents referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d).

GENERAL BUSINESS NOTICE OF MOTION NO. 792 That there be laid on the table by the Minister for the Environment and Water, by no later than midday on Thursday, 22 October 2026: (a) the final ministerial brief provided by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water to the minister concerning the Murray-Darling Basin Authority's 2026 draft reconciliation of the Sustainable Diversion Limit Adjustment Mechanism; and (b) any final ministerial brief provided by the department to the minister concerning options to address the projected shortfall identified in that reconciliation, including any option involving the purchase of permanent water entitlements, together with attachments to the documents referred to above.

GENERAL BUSINESS NOTICE OF MOTION NO. 793 That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, by midday on Thursday, 22 October 2026: (a) the final ministerial briefs and written advice provided by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry to the Minister concerning the detection, establishment, spread, or management of Monosporascus cannonballus in Australia; and (b) all attachments to the documents referred to in paragraph (a).

Question agreed to.