John Murphy (Lowe, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, under standing order 105(b), I draw your attention to the fact that a number of questions in writing have been on the Notice Paper for more than 60 days: question No. 2999 to the Treasurer on 7 February last year; 9 February, 3013 to the Prime Minister; 24 May, 3570 to the Treasurer; 30 May, 3589 and 3590 to the Treasurer, and 3595 to the Prime Minister; 19 June, 3718 to the Minister for Health and Ageing and 3719 to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations; 8 August, 3819, 3820, 3831, 3834, 3836, 3837, 3838, 3839 and 3840 to the Minister representing the Minister for Justice and Customs; 9 August 2006, 3869 and 3870 to the Minister for Justice and Customs, and 3872 and 3873 to the same minister; the same date, 3874, to the same minister; 15 August, 3942 to the Minister for Justice and Customs; 4 September, 3997 to the Prime Minister; 12 October, 4762 to the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts; 17 October, 4810 to the Minister for Transport and Regional Services; 18 October, 4816 to the Minister for Transport and Regional Services; 2 November 2006, 4856 to the Minister for Justice and Customs, who just refuses to answer any questions about security at Sydney airport, and 4857, 4858, 4859, 4860, 4861, 4862, 4863, 4864 and 4865—all about Sydney airport security; 27 November, 4918 to the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, 4919 to the same minister; 29 November, 4934 to the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs; 5 December, 4955 to the Minister for the Environment and Heritage; 6 December, 4956 to the Minister for Transport and Regional Services; and also 7 December, 5281, 5282 and 5283 to the Minister for Trade, 5285 to the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, 5286 and 5287 to the Minister for Human Services and 5288 to the Minister for Community Services. Mr Speaker, you have written to these ministers before on a number of occasions and we are getting no answers, particularly from the Minister for Justice and Customs about the security cameras at Sydney airport and the investigation into those cameras. It is a serious—

David Hawker (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Lowe. I will endeavour to follow up his request as soon as my office can arrange it, but it is quite a large request. We will certainly get on to it straightaway.