‘Horrendous form of torture’: Senator David Pocock explains what’s Senate estimates

Labor senators and public servants have been grilled for up to 14 hours a day in the first Senate estimates since the election.

Some describe it as tedious, and independent senator David Pocock says listening to all of it could be considered a “horrendous form of torture”, but the exercise is nevertheless “important”.

But what exactly is Senate estimates?

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