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1. On 8 June 2006
the President of the Senate, Senator the Hon. Paul Calvert, received a submission
from Mr Philip McNaughton, Mr C. Warwick John and
Mr David W. Stewart, on behalf of the Exclusive Brethren, seeking
redress under the resolution of the Senate of 25 February 1988 relating to
the protection of persons referred to in the Senate (Privilege Resolution 5).
2. The submission
referred to the contents of a notice of motion given by Senator Bob Brown in the Senate on 9 May 2006. The President, having accepted the submission
as a submission for the purposes of the resolution, referred it to the
Committee of Privileges on 8 June 2006.
3. The
committee met in private session on 15 June 2006 and, pursuant to paragraph (3) of Privilege
Resolution 5, decided to consider the submission. Also pursuant to paragraph
(3) of Privilege Resolution 5, the committee conferred with the persons making
the submission on the terms of the proposed response. The statement at Appendix
One has been agreed to by the committee and the co-signatories as members of the
Exclusive Brethren and on its behalf, in accordance with Resolution 5(7)(b).
4. The
committee draws attention to paragraph 5(6) of the resolution which requires
that, in considering a submission under this resolution and reporting to the
Senate, the committee shall not consider or judge the truth of any statements
made in the Senate or of the submission.
5. The
committee recommends:
That a
response by Mr Philip McNaughton, Mr C. Warwick John and Mr David W. Stewart on
behalf of the Exclusive Brethren in the terms specified at Appendix One, be
incorporated in Hansard.
John Faulkner
Chair
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