Wendy Askew (Tasmania, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Cash, I move:

That—

(a) the Senate notes that, as at 3 pm on Tuesday, 17 October 2023, 314 questions on notice from the May 2023-24 Budget estimates remain unanswered and are overdue:

(i) Attorney-General's, 23 questions,

(ii) Defence, 27 questions,

(iii) Employment and Workplace Relations, 4 questions,

(iv) Foreign Affairs and Trade, 2 questions,

(v) Health and Aged Care, 191 questions,

(vi) Industry, Science and Resources, 3 questions,

(vii) Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts, 22 questions,

(viii) Prime Minister and Cabinet, 3 questions, and

(ix) Treasury, 39 questions; and

(b) there be laid on the table by the Leader of the Government in the Senate, by no later than 5 pm on Thursday, 19 October 2023, the answers to all 314 unanswered questions on notice from the May 2023-24 Budget estimates.