Glenn Sterle (WA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate take note of the answers given by ministers to questions without notice asked by Opposition senators today.

That the Senate take note of the answers given by ministers to questions without notice asked by opposition senators today.

Before I start, I want to touch on one part of today's question time, when Minister Scullion was asked questions by Senator Canavan about the beef industry. I think it should be noted that, I think, about $100 million or $120 million is going into beef roads for upgrades. That is very, very important—I admit that—but I find it the height of hypocrisy for it to be coming from the government, because not long ago the hardworking Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee ably supported me as the chair and my good mate Senator Bullock as an ongoing—