Ian Macdonald (Queensland, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

This is a stupid situation with respect to those of us who approved it. I wanted to try and convince the crossbenchers of the stupidity of this hearing this evening. We have already had, I think, five separate agendas for this hearing. We get a new agenda every couple of hours. The committee simply is dysfunctional. We really do not know what we are even discussing tonight. I suggest that by the time the meeting comes around we will have another three different agendas.

It relates to a meeting that was supposed to be held on Friday. It does not matter what happens tonight. We will not be able to get witnesses in in one day. We will not be able to get a venue. None of this would have been done by the secretariat because to do so would disclose private business of a committee. So we are going to be starting from five o'clock tonight to try and— (Time expired)