Anthony Chisholm (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Education) Share this | Hansard source

I welcome Senator Hume's interest in the Women's Economic Equality Taskforce. Establishing the task force was a Labor election commitment, and we prioritised the delivery of this promise. The members of this task force have worked hard, and the government thanks them for that work. During the Finance and Public Administration Legislative Committee's estimates hearing on 25 May, Minister Gallagher took questions on notice from the opposition on this exact matter. We will be opposing this OPD on the basis that we are still working through those questions on notice within the established estimates time frames for response. Senator Hume's motion would require those same documents to be produced tomorrow, and this is not a reasonable time frame to allow the government appropriate consideration of the details. We'll continue to work through the questions taken on notice at estimates. I urge senators to consider this when voting on this motion.