Senate debates Budget

Consideration by Estimates Committees


Anne Urquhart

Anne Urquhart Tasmania, Australian Labor Party

3:08 pm

I move:

That the Senate requires the attendance of the Chairman of NBNCo, Dr Ziggy Switkowski, at the Communications and the Arts Portfolio 2018-19 supplementary Budget estimates hearing of the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee on Tuesday, 23 October 2018, for as long as the NBNCo is called by the committee.

Anne Ruston

Anne Ruston SA, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for International Development and the Pacific

I seek leave to make a short statement.

Scott Ryan

Scott Ryan President

Leave is granted for one minute.

Anne Ruston

Anne Ruston SA, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for International Development and the Pacific

We are not opposing this motion, because it has always been the intention of Dr Switkowski to attend the supplementary budget estimates hearings on 23 October 2018. Dr Switkowski's attendance was confirmed with the committee secretariat on Friday, 12 October.

Question agreed to.