David Leyonhjelm (NSW, Liberal Democratic Party) Share this | Hansard source

Attorney, one of my concerns, I suppose, is that this bill has, like the previous national security legislation, had very limited scrutiny by anyone other than the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security. As a consequence, I and the other crossbench senators have struggled, I suppose, to address its implications and, as a result, these committee phases of the bill's consideration by the Senate have been protracted and difficult and, I know, frustrating to you. I wonder whether you have any views as to what the process might be for when this bill is reviewed and whether or not that process might be broadened to include those who currently have had no opportunity to comment on this prior to seeing it in the Senate.