Bill Heffernan (NSW, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate take note of the minister's failure to provide these answers.

I think it is fair to say that, if the Senate estimates process is to be fair dinkum, we need due notice to be able to give sensible responses to answers to questions on notice. It is not much good—for example, in the lead-up to the additional estimates in February—to get the answers the night before.