Hollie Hughes (NSW, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy) 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..

I've got to be honest: I really don't know where to start. What a disgraceful effort. Seriously, the dithering, the incompetence, the blatant ignorance and the casual sexism on full display today were unbelievable.

As to Senator Shoebridge's point about ChatGPT, I can tell you that Senator Farrell could probably have done with it today. He could have started by putting in, 'What is aggregate demand?' because it was very clear that he didn't even know what the term meant, let alone how this government has any plan to lower it. They don't even know what the economic term is. It is so embarrassing that basic economic principles are a complete mystery to this government. They have absolutely no understanding.

We saw over half an hour of a fundamental stunt by those at the end of the chamber, supported by those opposite. It's like a constant little filibuster we are seeing this week, because there's not quite enough to pad out the agenda for a Senate-only sitting week, so we're doing everything we can to extend the very small amount of business that we've got. We have not actually passed a bill this week, you will all be interested to know. It's a great use of everybody's time—not one bill in three days.