Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

It would be a huge waste of taxpayers' money not to use that time, and we needed an extra day of sitting for estimates as well.

But—and I put this on record now—we will not be supporting an extra week of sitting in December that the government is hinting that it may want. We will not be supporting the government in declaring a sitting week in the week starting 8 December. We think it is reasonable to use the time in the week starting 17 November because taxpayers' money should be used wisely.