Senate Select Committee on Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy (part 1 of 2)
29 September 2025
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Senate Select Committee on Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy Australian Parliament
10:03 - 11:57
Speaker 21
Oh, sorry. I've got to check. Hand side's ready to go. So I declare open this hearing of the Select Committee on Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy. I begin by acknowledging the traditional custodians on the land in which we meet and pay my respects to their elders past and present.
I extend that respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people here today. The committee will be conducting today's hearing via teleconference and in person. Committee members attending in person are myself, senator Wish Wilson as chair, deputy chair senator Anand Raja, senator McLaughlin, and senator Pocock. Joining us via video conference is senator Canavan and senator Darmanen. These are public proceedings being video streamed live via the parliament's website, and a hands...
Transcript is being made. I remind all Australian based witnesses and giving evidence to the committee that are protected by parliamentary privilege is unlawful for anyone to threaten or disadvantage a witness on account of evidence given to a committee, and such action may be treated by the senate as a contempt. It is also a contempt to give false or misleading evidence. Witnesses also have a right to request to be heard in camera. However, I remind witnesses overseas that parliamentary privilege does not extend to giving evidence outside of Australia.
The senate has resolved that an officer of the Department of the Commonwealth or of the state shall not be asked to give opinions on the matters of policy and shall be given reasonable opportunity to refer questions asked to the officer of the superior officers or to a minister. This resolution does not preclude questions asking for explanations of policies or factual questions about when and how policies were adopted. If a witness objects to answering a question, they should state the ground upon which the objection is made, and the committee will determine whether it will insist on an answer in regard to the ground which is claimed. If the committee determines to insist on an answer, a witness may request that the answer be given in camera. Commonwealth officers appearing today are also reminded of the senate order specifying the process by which a claim of public interest immunity should be raised.
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