Duniam Liddle – Joint Media Release – GOVERNMENT BREAKS 17 YEARS OF CONVENTION – SCRAPS SENATE ESTIMATES HEARINGS CONSIDERING INDIGENOUS MATTERS
This afternoon in the Senate, the Albanese Labor Government – backed by the Greens – voted against reinstating two critical standalone Estimates hearings that had been scheduled for Monday, 13 October 2025: the Cross Portfolio Indigenous Matters and the Cross Portfolio Murray-Darling Basin Plan hearings. These hearings have long been a fixture of the Senate…