Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown says that the Coalition Senators who have used their majority on the Senate Economics Committee to delay hearing from Treasury Secretary Ken Henry on the $42 billion stimulus package have failed in their obligation to Australia.
"I moved to set up this committee hearing specifically for the Senate to question Mr Henry as the Turnbull opposition was escalating their opposition to the stimulus. But the opposition has allowed or engineered a month delay - and so there is a huge if unquantified spending with no checks or comment from Treasury available to the public."
"The excuse for the latest delay - that the opposition needed written replies to questions before an oral reply from Mr Henry belies the very reason for Senate committee hearings," Senator Brown said.
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