| 15/3/1988, J.544 |
Chaney |
Circulation of petition |
Given |
| 17/5/1988, J.711 |
Walters |
Alleged publication of Joint Select Committee on Video Material proceedings |
Not Given |
20/10/1988, J.1040
1/11/1988, J.1045
2/11/1988, J.1067 |
Chaney |
Possible interference with witnesses in consequence of their giving evidence before Senate Select Committee on Administration of Aboriginal Affairs |
Given |
| 7/11/1988, J.1089 |
Chaney |
Possible false or misleading evidence and manipulation of evidence before Senate Committees — Travel by Aboriginal community representatives |
Given |
10/11/1988, J.1123
22/11/1988, J.1129 |
Chaney |
Freedom of speech and protection of citizens' rights |
Drew attention to resolution 9 and was considering submission under resolution 5 |
| 5/12/1988, J.1237 |
MacGibbon |
Possible false or misleading evidence before a Senate Estimates Committee —Department of Defence Project Parakeet |
Given |
| 8/12/1988, J.1276 |
Black |
Possible improper interference with a witness — Drugs in Sport inquiry |
Given |
| 9/3/1989, J.1458 |
Peter Baume |
Possible adverse treatment of a witness before the Select Committee on the Administration of Aboriginal Affairs |
Given |
| 30/5/1989, J.1737 |
McGauran |
Alleged unauthorised recording of a meeting in a committee room |
Not Given |
16/8/1989, J.1942
17/8/1989, J.1946 |
Hamer Teague Newman |
Possible unauthorised disclosure of Senate Committee report |
Given |
| 5/12/1989, J.2313 |
Crowley |
Possible unauthorised disclosure of Senate Committee submission |
Given |
| 23/8/1990, J.232 |
Newman |
Possible misleading evidence before a Senate Estimates Committee — Department of Defence — asbestos in RAN ships |
Given |
| 17/10/1990, J.349 |
Crowley |
Possible improper influence or penalty on a witness in respect of evidence given before a Senate Committee |
Given |
| 8/11/1990, J.395 |
Hill |
Possible improper interference with a witness and possible misleading evidence before the National Crime Authority Committee |
Given |
| 2/4/1992, J.2178 |
Zakharov |
Possible improper interference with witnesses before the Community Affairs Committee |
Given |
| 8/10/1992, J.2845 |
Reid Spindler |
Possible adverse treatment of a witness before the Corporations and Securities Committee |
Given |
| 4/5/1993, J.11 |
Walters |
Alleged threats against Senators in relation to decisions concerning x-rated videos |
Given |
| 4/5/1993, J.11 |
Reynolds |
Alleged threat to a Senate Committee or to Senators in relation to the performance of their duties |
Given |
| 19/5/1993, J.193 |
Watson |
Possible improper interference with a witness before the Public Accounts Committee |
Given |
| 19/5/1993, J.193 |
Watson |
Possible false or misleading evidence given to the Senate or a Senate Committee — Midford Paramount inquiry |
Given |
| 30/8/1993, J.405 |
Cooney |
Possible improper interference with or misleading reports of proceedings of Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee |
Given |
| 29/9/1993, J.528 |
Ferguson |
Possible false or misleading information given to Senate or Estimates Committee |
Given |
27/10/1993, J.715
18/11/1993, J.19811 |
Childs |
Possible improper interference with a witness before the Standing Committee on Industry, Science, Technology, Transport Communications and Infrastructure |
Given |
| 25/11/1993, J.19901 |
McKiernan |
Possible unauthorised disclosure of Joint Standing Committee on Migration document or proceedings |
Given |
| 16-17/12/1993, J.1072 |
West |
Possible improper interference with witnesses in consequence of their giving evidence to the Senate Select Committee on Superannuation |
Given |
| 3/3/1994, J.1359 |
Vanstone |
Possible unauthorised disclosure of a submission to the Joint Committee on the National Crime Authority |
Given |
| 30/5/1994, J.1692 |
Crane |
Possible improper interference with a witness in consequence of his giving evidence to the Senate Committee on Employment, Education and Training |
Given |
12/5/1994 , J.1683-4
22/6/1994, J.1831 |
Kernot Spindler |
Parliamentary Privileges Amendment (Enforcement of Lawful Orders) Bill 1994, including refusal of Minister for Trade (Senator McMullan) to produce documents, and Auditor-General's report thereon |
Not applicable |
19/9/1994, J.2151
22/9/1994, J.2219 |
Vanstone |
Alleged unauthorised disclosures and false and misleading accounts of Joint Committee of the National Crime Authority proceedings |
Not given |
| 19/10/1994, J.2328 |
Parer |
Alleged threats to a Senator |
Given |
| 9/3/1995, J.3069 |
Murphy Newman |
Alleged false or misleading information given to the former Select Committee on Public Interest Whistleblowing |
Given |
28/3/1995, J.3175-6
29/3/1995, J.3182-4 |
Evans |
Whether the action of a Senator in tabling a document containing the tax file number of a person could be held to constitute a contempt of the Senate |
Not applicable |
| 29/6/1995, J.3585-6 |
Chapman |
Alleged unauthorised disclosure of documents and private deliberations of the Select Committee on the Dangers of Radioactive Waste |
Given |
| 29/6/1995, J.3594 |
Murphy |
Alleged improper interference with a witness as a result of that witness giving evidence to the Select Committee on Unresolved Whistleblower Cases |
Given |
| 22/8/1995, J.3640-1 |
O'Chee Boswell |
Alleged threats to persons and to a senator for provision of information |
Given |
30/11/1995,
1/12/1995am, J.4323 |
Vanstone |
Alleged unauthorised disclosure of draft report of Joint Committee on the National Crime Authority |
Given, but President recommended that matter not be proceeded with because it had been raised in the House of Representatives |
| 24/6/1996, J.364-5 |
Murphy |
Alleged false or misleading evidence given to the Select Committee on Unresolved Whistleblower Cases |
Given |
| 22/8/1996, J.491 |
Patterson |
Alleged false or misleading evidence given to the Environment, Recreation, Communications and the Arts Legislation Committee |
Given |
| 6/5/1997, J.1830 |
Margetts Bolkus |
Alleged false or misleading statements tabled in the Senate |
Given |
| 1/10/1997, J.2582 |
Bolkus |
Possible improper interference by the Attorney-General and his officers with potential witnesses before the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Fund |
Given |
| 23/10/1997, J.2685 |
Bolkus |
Possible unauthorised disclosure of documents of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Fund |
Given |
| 28/10/1997, J.2733 |
Abetz Ferris |
Possible unauthorised disclosures of a report of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Fund |
Given |
| 19/11/1997 , J.2917-8 |
Ferris McGauran |
Possible unauthorised disclosure of a document of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the National Crime Authority |
Given |
| 25/11/1997, J.2966 |
Schacht |
Possible unauthorised disclosure of a draft report of the Environment, Recreation, Communications and the Arts Legislation Committee |
Given |
| 4/12/1997, J.3206 |
Woodley |
Possible misleading evidence before the Select Committee on Unresolved Whistleblower Cases |
Given |
| 11/3/1998, J.3361 |
Collins, J. |
Possible unauthorised disclosure of a draft report of the Economics References Committee |
Given |
| 25/3/1998 , J.3449-50 |
Brown |
Alleged failure of Senator Parer to register and declare relevant interests in accordance with the resolutions of the Senate of 17 March 1994 relating to senators' interests |
Given, but motion to refer matter to committee negatived (26/3/1998, J.3462-3) |
| 30/6/1998, J.4105 |
McGauran |
Possible unauthorised disclosure of the report of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the National Crime Authority on the committee's third evaluation of the National Crime Authority |
Given |
| 27/5/1999, J.19947 |
Crowley |
Possible injury or harm to witnesses and possible misrepresentation or unauthorised disclosure of committee proceedings and documents |
Given |
| 11/8/1999, J.1457 |
Collins |
Possible injury or harm to witnesses in consequence of their giving evidence before the Employment, Workplace Relations, Small Business and Education References Committee |
Given |
| 1/9/1999, J.1615 |
Collins |
Possible unauthorised disclosure of, and dealings with, a draft report of the Employment, Workplace Relations, Small Business and Education References Committee |
Given |
| 6/12/1999, J.2171 |
Allison |
Alleged threats against persons who made submissions to the Select Committee on A New Tax System |
Given |
| 11/5/2000, J.2704 |
Gibson |
Possible unauthorised disclosure of in camera proceedings of the Economics References Committee |
Given |
| 26/6/2000, J.2888 |
Chapman |
Possible unauthorised disclosure of a submission to the Joint Committee on Corporations and Securities |
Given |
| 27/2/2001, J.3948 |
Collins |
Possible improper interference with witnesses and possible false or misleading evidence before the Employment, Workplace Relations, Small Business and Education Legislation Committee |
Given |
| 25/6/2001, J.4388 |
Payne |
Possible unauthorised disclosure of a draft report of the Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee |
Given |
| 6/8/2001, J.4547 |
Tambling |
Possible improper interference with and penalty on a senator |
Given |
| 18/9/2001, J.4854 |
Ferris |
Possible misleading evidence before Native Title Committee |
Given |
| 14/2/2002, J.1991-2 |
Harris |
Execution of search warrants in senators' offices |
Given |
| 15/5/2002, J.352 |
Cook |
Possible improper influence and interference with a witness |
Given |
| 27/6/2002, J.524 |
Eggleston |
Unauthorised disclosure of draft report |
Given |
| 1/12/2003, J.2777 |
Heffernan |
Possible improper interference with a witness |
Given |
| 24/3/2004, J.3215 |
Mackay |
Possible misleading evidence before Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Legislation Committee |
Given |
| 11/5/2004, J.3363 |
Knowles and Humphries |
Unauthorised disclosure of draft report |
Given |
| 24/6/2004, J.3699 |
McLucas |
Unauthorised disclosure of draft report |
Given |
| 4/8/2004, J.3808 |
Ridgeway |
Unauthorised disclosure of draft report |
Given |
| 10/5/2005, J.574 |
Evans |
Alleged failure of Senator Lightfoot to provide a statement to the Registrar of Senators' Interests relating to sponsored trip to Iraq |
Given, but motion withdrawn following apology by Senator Lightfoot (11/5/2005, J.610) |
| 15/6/2005, J.684 |
Evans |
Alleged failure of Senator Lightfoot to provide a statement to the Registrar of Senators' Interests relating to share ownerships and transactions |
Given |
| 16/8/2005, J.19953 |
Brown |
Conduct by Senator McGauran in the chamber on 11 August 2005 |
Not given |
| 5/9/2005, J.19997 |
Finance and Public Administration References Committee |
Apparent conflict between an answer to a question given by a witness and the facts as subsequently disclosed to the committee |
Given, but motion to refer matter to committee negatived (7/9/2005, J.1050) |
| 7/2/2007, J.3382 |
Forshaw and Murray |
Whether false or misleading evidence was given to the Finance and Public Administration Committee and whether there was an improper refusal to provide information to the committee |
Given |
| 18/9/2007, J.4415 |
Nettle |
Whether false or misleading evidence was given to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee or any other Senate committee concerning the government's knowledge of the rendition of Mr Mamdouh Habib to Egypt |
Given |
| 23/6/2009, J.2161–2 |
Heffernan |
Whether any adverse action was taken against Mr Godwin Grech in consequence of his evidence before the Economics Legislation Committee on 19 June 2009 |
Given |
| 24/6/2009, J.2181 |
Ludwig |
Whether any false or misleading evidence was given to the Economics Legislation Committee on 19 June 2009 and whether there was any improper interference with the proceedings of the committee, or misleading of the committee, by use of a false document |
Given, but motion to refer matter to committee negatived (25/6/2009, J.2194-5) |
| 11/8/2009, J.2221-22 |
Evans |
Whether false or misleading evidence was given to the Economics Legislation Committee on 19 June 2009 and whether there was any improper interference with the proceedings of the committee or misleading of the committee by use of a false document |
Given |
| 11/8/2009, J.2221-2 |
Fielding |
Whether there was manipulation of evidence to the Economics Legislation Committee on 19 June 2009 or to the Standing Committee on Economics on 22 October 2008 by pre-arrangement of questions and answers |
Given, but motion to refer matter to committee negatived (12/8/2009, J.2279-80) |
| 7/9/2009, J.2381 |
Milne |
Whether false or misleading evidence had been given to the committees examining the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme legislation by corporations who gave different assessments to their shareholders and the market |
Not given |
| 9/9/2009 , J.2419 |
Barnett, Chair of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee |
Whether there was any improper interference with or imposition of a penalty on a witness before the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee |
Given |
| 16/8/2011, J.1238 |
Heffernan, Chair of the Rural Affairs and Transport References Committee |
Whether there was any threat to, improper interference with or imposition of a penalty on a witness before the Rural Affairs and Transport References Committee |
Given |
| 23/11/2011, J.1905 |
Kroger |
Whether there was any improper influence of Senators Bob Brown and Milne or offer of inducement in respect of certain political donations |
Given |
| 25/11/2011, J.1968 |
Bob Brown |
Whether there was any improper influence of Senator Boswell or offer of inducement in respect of certain political donations |
Not given; notice of motion to refer matter to Privileges Committee withdrawn 22/3/2012 |
| 7/2/2012, J.2008 |
Bob Brown |
Whether there was any improper influence of Senator Boyce on offer of inducement in respect of certain sponsored travel and hospitality |
Not given; notice of motion to refer matter to Privileges Committee withdrawn 22/3/2012 |
| 7/2/2012, J.2008 |
Bob Brown |
Whether there was any improper influence of Senator Cash or offer of inducement in respect of certain shareholdings |
Not given; notice of motion to refer matter to Privileges Committee withdrawn 22/3/2012 |
| 21/11/2012, J.3343 |
Thistlethwaite, Former Chair of the Select Committee on Electricity Prices |
Whether there was any unauthorised disclosure of the draft report of the Select Committee on Electricity Prices |
Given |
| 17/6/2014, J.882 |
Bernardi, Chair of the Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, and Faulkner |
Whether the use of CCTV images might improperly interfere with the free performance of any senators' duties; and whether disciplinary action was taken against a person for providing information to a senator |
Given |
| 10/7/2014, J.1117 |
Xenophon |
Whether there was any imposition of a penalty on a witness before the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee or of a person providing information to the committee |
Given |
| 16/7/2014, J.1197 |
Heffernan, Chair of the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, and Sterle, Chair of the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee |
Whether there was any imposition of a penalty on a witness before the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation or References Committees or on a person providing information to the committees |
Given |
| 12/10/2015, J.3189 |
McKenzie, Siewert and Peris, members of the former Joint Select Committee on the Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples |
Whether there was any unauthorised disclosure of a draft report of the committee |
Not given; report of preliminary investigation by Privileges Committee tabled, J.3189 |
| 12/10/2015, J.3189 |
Edwards |
Whether there was any unauthorised disclosure of a draft report of the Economics References Committee |
Not given |
| 9/11/2105, J.3302 |
Senator Di Natale |
Whether any false or misleading evidence was given to the former Select Committee on the Recent Allegations relating to Conditions and Circumstances at the Regional Processing Centre in Nauru |
Given |
| 9/11/2105, J.3302 |
Senator Gallacher |
Whether any false or misleading evidence was given to the former Select Committee on the Recent Allegations relating to Conditions and Circumstances at the Regional Processing Centre in Nauru |
Given |
| 4/5/2016, J.4426 |
Senator McAllister, Chair of the Finance and Public Administration References Committee |
Whether, in declining to appear before a Senate committee, a senator disobeyed a lawful order of the Senate without reasonable excuse |
Given |
| 31/8/2016, J.65 |
Senator Conroy |
Whether actions undertaken in connection with the execution of search warrants improperly interfered with the free performance of a senator's duties, and whether adverse action was taken against a person in connection with their alleged provision of information to a senator |
Given |
| 8/2/2017, J.851 |
Senator Waters, the then Chair of Environment and Communications References Committee |
Possible improper influence of a witness to withhold evidence from the Environment and Communications References Committee |
Given |
7/12/2017, J.2535
|
Senator Brandis |
Possible improper influence of Senator Dastyari or offer of inducement in respect of certain political donations
|
Given, but notice to refer withdrawn after senator resigned 5/2/2018
|
18/9/2018, J.3781
|
Senator Anning |
Possible improper interference with a senator or attempt to influence a senator's conduct by improper means.
|
Not given |
| 16/10/2018, J.3915-16 |
Senator Burston |
Possible improper interference with a Senator in the free performance of his duties |
Given |
18/9/2019, J.530
|
Senator Patrick |
Possible improper interference with Senators, or attempt to improperly influence Senators, by intimidation, force or threat
|
Given |
12/5/2021, J.3431
|
Senators Gallacher and Patrick
|
Possible improper interference with the Economics References Committee inquiry into Australia’s sovereign naval shipbuilding capability
|
Given |
| 1/9/2021, J.4041 |
Senator Patrick |
Matter of possible contempt – Commissioner of Taxation |
Given |
| 30/11/2021, J. 4351 |
Senator Rice |
Possible improper interference with the Community Affairs Reference Committee inquiry into Centrelink's compliance program |
Given, but Senate did not agree to refer to the matter: 8/2/2021, J.4460-1 |