Louise Pratt (WA, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment, Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source

The Western Australian government has previously contended that the Commonwealth government did not provide the education council with sufficient detail to undertake a thorough impact assessment in relation to making changes to regulations that impact on its education system and schools. Although the bill states that the amendment will now say 'consult and have regard to any relevant decisions of the ministerial council', will you give state governments an assurance that the regulations on how this will be undertaken will be explicit? What is your intention with these regulations?