Joe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Shadow Treasurer) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, very briefly—and this relates to our ability to do our jobs—will you confirm that the parliamentary computer network used by MPs and staff continues to run Internet Explorer 6.0, which is no longer supported and ensures that we are unable to open some work-related sites including, I understand, some government sites in our daily work? When will Explorer be upgraded to the current version, Internet Explorer 8.0? Can you also confirm that the Adobe version 7 PDF reader is currently used? It is an obsolete software program. When will we be able to download the free version 9 Adobe PDF reader so we can do our jobs?

Harry Jenkins (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The answer to the question as at 3.55 pm today is that I will take the question on notice because I think that these are serious matters that the member for North Sydney has raised. I know that there have been problems with accessing government sites, amongst others, as he says. I am not across the points that he has made but I will get a detailed response not only to him; it will be something that I will report back to the House on at the earliest opportunity.