Don Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

It is a bold opposition who complains about the timeliness of answers to questions on notice. Those opposite had a shocking track record of responding to questions on notice when they were in government. The Liberals and the Nationals left almost 1,000 unanswered questions sitting on the Notice Paper when they were voted out of office, some dating back to October 2019. In any event, the opposition will be pleased to learn that the minister's office instructed Services Australia to lodge answers to questions on notice from the most recent round of Senate estimates with the secretariat of the community affairs committee this afternoon.