DOCUMENTS

Senator PAYMAN (Western Australia—Australia's Voice Whip) (11:51): I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that the Minister representing the Minister for Communications has failed to produce documents ordered to be laid on the table relating to the Minister for Communications' travel to New York in September 2025; (b) further notes that, in response to order for the production of documents no. 321, the Minister for Communications chose to interpret the wording of the order differently from the way previous orders were interpreted and subsequently did not produce documents that would otherwise have been produced; (c) rejects the claims made in the explanation provided to the Senate on 9 September 2026 in relation to this matter as unacceptable and, at points, factually incorrect; and (d) orders the Minister representing the Minister for Communications to table documents between any 2 of the entities listed in the order that are otherwise within the scope of the order, by no later than 5 pm on Monday, 26 October 2026.

Question agreed to.