Louise Pratt (WA, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Manufacturing) Share this | Hansard source

Tonight, Labor would like to note the Greens amendments to improve transparent reporting that will be before the chamber. Labor very much agrees and has asserted in this debate that transparency is critically important. In our conversations with the government, we have been assured by the government that officials will accurately and transparently answer questions in relation to exemptions granted by the Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs during Senate estimates, and these are matters that I touched on in my second reading speech. So can I ask the minister, please, if she can outline why estimates, in this case, is the appropriate forum to raise these matters?