Parliamentary Sitting Schedule

The Hon. L.A. CURRAN (15:23): Supplementary: did the Leader of Government Business or anyone within his cabinet have any regard to any of both the parliamentary and electoral staff who put their life on hold surrounding parliamentary sittings and have now had to wait until the final day of sitting of this year to be able to plan 2023?

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector) (15:23): It's a very interesting question, and it gives me an opportunity to thank—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. K.J. MAHER: —all the staff in this place for their very hard work, but there will be further opportunities to do that later on, and I wouldn't want to deprive the government of important questions which they have clearly run—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. K.J. MAHER: The opposition—and the government, the government of important questions, because do you know what, the government asks questions of ministers—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. K.J. MAHER: —in this chamber nearly every day. The opposition don't.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. K.J. MAHER: It is my understanding that it is regularly the last week of sitting that these things are published.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!