Hansard debates

Mrs McARTHUR (Western Victoria) (10:50): I am sorry to end this Kumbaya approach to the year, but I have been particularly interested to observe the obvious inability of most ministers in this chamber to even attempt to answer questions without notice on the portfolios for which they are responsible while representing ministers from the other chamber. I note the contrast in this approach with what occurs in the federal sphere, where ministers competently answer questions on the portfolios for which they are representatives in that chamber of ministers in the other chamber, and I also note former Minister Jennings’s attempts at comprehensive responses to questions outside his direct portfolio of responsibilities. I would hope that in 2021 the ministers in this chamber could get themselves across all the portfolios for which they are responsible so that we can achieve a more fulsome debate.