Parliament
Seven Rounds of Senate Estimates, 2019–2022: The Other 25 Portfolios Left 2 Questions Unanswered Between Them. Prime Minister and Cabinet Left 358.
Senators put 37,056 questions on notice across the seven Senate estimates rounds from October 2019 to February 2022. The other 25 portfolios still owe two answers between them. The Prime Minister and Cabinet portfolio owes 358 — the oldest due 6 December 2019 — and since the committee itemised the backlog and asked for it in December 2022, the number outstanding has fallen by eight. A second stock is now forming in Home Affairs.
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