John Murphy (Lowe, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, I seek your assistance, under standing order 105(b), in relation to a number of questions that have been outstanding on the Notice Paper for 60 days or more. The first one is question No. 3790 of 8 August to the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Also on 8 August: question No. 3818 to the Minister for Transport and Regional Services; question No. 3820 to the Minister for Justice and Customs; question No. 3821 to the Minister for Transport and Regional Services; question No. 3822 to the Minister for Justice and Customs; questions Nos 3834, 3836, 3837, 3838, 3839 and 3840 to the Minister for Justice and Customs about the sabotaging of CCTV cameras at Sydney airport; and question No. 3842 to Minister Coonan about media ownership. On 9 August: question No. 3868 to the Minister for Health and Ageing, questions Nos 3869 and 3870 also to the Minister for Justice and Customs about the sabotage of cameras at Sydney airport; and questions Nos 3871, 3872, 3873 and 3874 dealing with the investigation of the sabotage of those cameras. On 10 August, question No. 3895 to the Minister for Health and Ageing and question No. 3896 to the Minister for Health and Ageing.

I would be grateful if you would write to those ministers and seek reasons for the delay in replying to those questions.

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