Trish Crossin (NT, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

We could probably debate this endlessly, but I still have not had an answer from you about why there is a need to remove specifically these two criteria that the Commonwealth minister would use to be satisfied that a rep body should continue to be eligible. I would have thought, given all you have said this morning in responses, that these two criteria would actually enhance the functions of a rep body and therefore ought to remain in the act. What is it about the functions of a rep body that you believe can be enhanced by explicitly removing the requirement to represent and consult effectively with Indigenous people?