Larissa Waters (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, President. I move:

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Monday, 28 February to Thursday, 3 March

Tuesday, 8 March to Thursday 10 March

We have moved to add two sitting weeks to this pathetic Senate sitting calendar, which has barely any sitting days in it at all. It is a record-low number of sitting days. We could be debating and passing ICAC legislation. We could be debating and passing legislation to give effect to the Jenkins recommendations. But this Prime Minister, who has set this flaccid calendar, can't face the wrath of the chamber and doesn't have a legislative agenda, and that's why the government have listed barely any sitting days. It's absolutely shameless. We are seeking support from the chamber for the chamber to do its job: to sit and consider legislation and debate it. We've just seen a gag rammed through where we couldn't debate anything. We want some more sitting days so we can do our job: anticorruption legislation and the Jenkins recommendations. Let's do our job. (Time expired)