(1) That a select committee, to be known as the Select Committee on the Lindeberg Grievance, be appointed to inquire into and report by 5 October 2004 on the following matters:

(a) whether any false or misleading evidence was given to the Select Committee on Public Interest Whistle-blowing, the Select Committee on Unresolved Whistleblower Cases or the Committee of Privileges in respect of the matters considered in its 63rd and 71st reports; and whether any contempt was committed in that regard, having regard to previous inquiries by Senate committees relating to the shredding of the Heiner documents, the fresh material that has subsequently been revealed by the Dutney Memorandum, and Exhibits 20 and 31 tabled at the Forde Commission of Inquiry into the Abuse of Children in Queensland Institutions, and any other relevant evidence; and

(b) the implications of this matter for measures which should be taken:

(i) to prevent the destruction and concealment by government of information which should be available in the public interest,

(ii) in relation to the protection of children from abuse, and

(iii) for the appropriate protection of whistleblowers.

(2) That the committee consist of 7 senators, 3 nominated by the Leader of the Government in the Senate, 2 nominated by the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, 1 nominated by the Leader of the Australian Democrats and 1 nominated by the One Nation Party.

(3) That the committee may proceed to the dispatch of business notwithstanding that not all members have been duly nominated and appointed and notwithstanding any vacancy.

(4) That:

(a) the chair of the committee be elected by and from the members of the committee;

(b) in the absence of agreement on the selection of a chair, duly notified to the President, the allocation of the chair be determined by the Senate;

(c) the deputy chair of the committee be elected by and from the members of the committee immediately after the election of the chair;

(d) the deputy chair act as chair when there is no chair or the chair is not present at a meeting; and

(e) in the event of the votes on any question before the committee being equally divided, the chair, or deputy chair when acting as chair, have a casting vote.

(5) That the quorum of the committee be a majority of the members of the committee.

(6) That the committee and any subcommittee have power to send for and examine persons and documents, to move from place to place, to sit in public or in private, notwithstanding any prorogation of the Parliament or dissolution of the House of Representatives, and have leave to report from time to time its proceedings and the evidence taken, and such interim recommendations as it may deem fit.

(7) That the committee have power to appoint subcommittees consisting of 3 or more of its members and to refer to any such subcommittee any of the matters which the committee is empowered to consider, and that the quorum of the subcommittee be a majority of the members appointed to the subcommittee.

(8) That the committee be provided with all necessary staff, facilities and resources and be empowered to appoint investigative staff and persons, including senior counsel, with specialist knowledge for the purposes of the committee, with the approval of the President.

(9) That the committee have access to, and have power to make use of, the evidence and records of the Select Committee on Public Interest Whistleblowing, the Select Committee on Unresolved Whistleblower Cases and the Committee of Privileges in respect of its 63rd and 71st reports.

(10) That the committee be empowered to print from day to day such documents and evidence as may be ordered by it, and a daily Hansard be published of such proceedings as take place in public.