MEDIA RELEASE - LABOR TRASHES SCRUTINY DURING 47TH PARLIAMENT

 PAUL FLETCHER MP

Shadow Minister for Government Services and the Digital Economy

Shadow Minister for Science and the Arts

Manager of Opposition Business in the House

MEDIA RELEASE

Monday, 16 December 2024

LABOR TRASHES SCRUTINY DURING 47TH PARLIAMENT

Parliamentary performance, scrutiny and productivity have plummeted under the Albanese Labor Government, new figures from the Parliamentary Library show.

“On every measure, the 47th Parliament, under a Labor Government, has performed worse than the 46th Parliament under a Coalition Government,” Manager of Opposition Business in the House Paul Fletcher said.

“Fewer questions answered, fewer bills passed, more question times cut short.”

The below table compares the performance of the 46th and 47th Parliaments (up to 29 November 2024).

Metric

Average number of questions asked by the Opposition per Question Time

46th Parliament: 10

47th Parliament: 7

Average number of questions asked per Question Time

46th Parliament: 23

47th Parliament: 18

Total questions asked

46th Parliament: 3483

47th Parliament: 3156

Question Times concluded at or before 3.10pm

46th Parliament: 17

47th Parliament: 26

Government Bills introduced to Parliament

46th Parliament: 487

47th Parliament: 369

Bills passed by House of Representatives 

46th Parliament: 438

47th Parliament: 352

Bills passed Parliament

46th Parliament: 407

47th Parliament: 326

“The numbers tell the story. The former Coalition Government was more productive, more transparent and delivered better results despite the challenges of COVID,” Mr Fletcher said.