Jordon Steele-John (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I draw the minister's attention to subsection 46A(2), which would allow the eSafety Commissioner to delegate authority to issue infringement notices to any member of the staff of ACMA, which can be any APS employee. This was an issue raised within the small time of scrutiny that was given by the Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills. It was noted as one of their concerns. This allows the delegation of administrative powers to a relatively large class of persons with little or no specificity to their qualifications or attributes. The committee also noted that the explanatory memorandum provides no explanation for the broad delegation of power to issue infringements. Can the minister please justify, in relation to this amendment, the reality that this broad delegation of power gives to any employee of ACMA the ability to issue an infringement notice to a child as young as 10.