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Senate Journal No. 5 - 26 October 2010
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
- 3 ROUTINE OF BUSINESS—VARIATION
- 4 PRAYER AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY—AMENDMENT OF STANDING ORDER 50
- 5 DEFENCE—AFGHANISTAN—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT
- 6 QUESTIONS
- 7 MOTION TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWER
- 8 NOTICES
- 9 LEAVE OF ABSENCE
- 10 POSTPONEMENT
- 11 TAXATION—MINING TAX—REVENUE ESTIMATES—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
- 12 TAXATION—MINING TAX—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
- 13 TAXATION—MINING TAX—GOVERNMENT ESTIMATES—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
- 14 ENVIRONMENT—GREEN LOANS PROGRAM—AUDIT REPORT—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENT
- 15 HEALTH—MENTAL ILLNESS
- 16 POSTPONEMENT
- 17 ENVIRONMENT—EMISSIONS REDUCTION TARGET
- 18 ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 19 SELECTION OF BILLS—STANDING COMMITTEE—REPORT NO. 11 OF 2010—VARIATION
- 20 REFORM OF THE AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION—SELECT COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 21 ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 22 DISCUSSION OF MATTER OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE—ECONOMICS—INTEREST RATES
- 23 ENVIRONMENT—MURRAY-DARLING BASIN REFORM—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT—DOCUMENT
- 24 BUSHFIRES IN VICTORIA—COMMONWEALTH RESPONSE TO THE FINAL REPORT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT—DOCUMENT
- 25 PARLIAMENTARY ZONE—CAPITAL WORKS PROPOSALS—DOCUMENTS
- 26 DOCUMENTS
- 27 INDEXED LISTS OF DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY FILES—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENTS
- 28 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 29 AIRPORTS AMENDMENT BILL 2010
- 30 DEFENCE—AFGHANISTAN—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT
- 31 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS—CONSIDERATION
- 32 ADJOURNMENT
- 33 ATTENDANCE
TAXATION—MINING TAX—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTSSenator Cormann, pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved general business notice of motion no. 60—That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) the Government has refused to provide any of the information requested by the Senate about its negotiations with BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Xstrata on the revised mining tax proposal, (ii) in relation to some of the information only, the Government justified its refusal in its response to the relevant Senate order on the basis that, `Data and other material provided to the Treasury as part of negotiations around the MRRT are considered to be commercial in confidence', (iii) no justification was provided by the Government as to why release of any of the other information was not in the public interest, and (iv) specifically, no reason was provided by the Government as to why the release of the signed heads-of-agreement between the Government and BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Xstrata would not be in the public interest; (b) considers release of all the information requested on the negotiations between the Government and BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Xstrata about the revised mining tax proposal to be in the public interest; (c) orders that there be laid on the table by noon on Thursday, 28 October 2010: (i) any information held by the Government related to the negotiations and agreement about the new mining tax proposal announced on 2 July 2010, including, but not limited to, briefing notes, emails, data provided to the Government by BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Xstrata and any other information generated in the context of the negotiations about the new mining tax proposal, and (ii) a copy of the signed heads-of-agreement on the new mining tax proposal between the Government and BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Xstrata; (d) notes the agreements between the Government and other parties and independents to refer disputes about public interest disclosures to the Information Commissioner, who will arbitrate on the release of documents; and (e) orders that, if the Government does not produce the information required by this order within the specified timeframe, there be laid on the table by 15 November 2010, a report on the matter by the Information Commissioner, including a review of the adequacy of the grounds specified by the Government for its refusal to produce the information and, if applicable, his arbitration on the release of the information. Question put. The Senate divided— AYES, 34 Senators— Adams Back Barnett Bernardi Birmingham Boswell Boyce Brandis Bushby Cash Colbeck Coonan Cormann Fielding Fierravanti-Wells Fifield Fisher Heffernan Humphries Johnston Joyce Kroger Mason McGauran Nash Parry (Teller) Payne Ronaldson Ryan Scullion Troeth Trood Williams Xenophon
Senators— Arbib Bilyk Bishop Brown, Bob Cameron Carr Collins Conroy Crossin Faulkner Forshaw Furner Hanson-Young Hogg Hurley Hutchins Ludlam Ludwig Lundy Marshall McEwen (Teller) McLucas Milne Moore Pratt Sherry Siewert Stephens Sterle Wong Wortley Question agreed to. | |