Senate Select Committee on the Taxation of Gas Resources (part 1 of 2)
21 April 2026
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Senate Select Committee on the Taxation of Gas Resources Australian Parliament
13:24 - 15:11
Speaker 1
I declare open this hearing of the senate select committee on the taxation of gas resources. I begin by acknowledging the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet and pay my respects to their elders past and present. I extend that respect to aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples here today. I'm senator Steph Wiggins May, the chair of the committee. I'm joined today in the room by senator Gauche, senator Smith, sen...
Susan... Senator MacDonald, and senator David Pocock, as well as senator Darmanen and senator Hanson Young. The committee will be conducting today's hearings via video conference and in person. These are public proceedings being video streamed live via the parliament's website, and a hand side transcript is being made. I remind all witnesses in giving evidence to the committee that they are protected by parliamentary privilege.
It is unlawful to 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. The senate resolved... Has resolved that an officer of a department of the Commonwealth or of a state shall not be asked to give opinions on a matter of policy and shall be given a reasonable opportunity to refer questions asked of the officer to superior officers or to a minister.
This resolution does not preclude questions, being, 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 having 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. I remind senators of their obligations under the behavior code for Australian parliamentarians to treat witnesses with digness... Dignity, courtesy, fairness, and respect.
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