Labor has been accused of wasting money and treating people with contempt after failing to respond to a number of key reports, including one that recommended solutions to the state’s escalating homelessness crisis.
Nine parliamentary inquiries are in limbo due to the lack of response, despite legislation that requires responsible ministers to act within six months. The response to the homelessness inquiry is 22 months overdue.
The government did not issue a formal reply by September that year, despite the Parliamentary Committees Act stating that responsible ministers must provide one within six months.investigate the impacts of legalising cannabis for personal use among adults Other inquiries overdue for formal replies relate to the use of school buses in rural and regional Victoria; the state’s criminal justice system; renewable energy; the closure of the Hazelwood and Yallourn power stations; and parental incarceration.
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