Senate debates

Monday, 3 November 2025

Questions without Notice

Albanese Government: Orders for the Production of Documents

2:53 pm

Photo of Susan McDonaldSusan McDonald (Queensland, National Party, Shadow Minister for Resources and Northern Australia) Share this | Hansard source

Given that 43 per cent of orders for documents in the current parliament have not yet been complied with at all—the highest rate of noncompliance across at least three parliaments—does the minister accept that Labor is systematically blocking the Senate's right to scrutinise government decisions, and when will the government comply with the outstanding 40 orders?

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