Nigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Minister for Community Services) Share this | Hansard source

The title of ‘manager of government business’ is in some way a recognition of the learnings we gained from the outcomes of the failed COAG trials, which were referred to a little earlier. We know that people in Wadeye and in other places need help—they need assistance—with their governance arrangements. It is not interdicting; it is not saying, ‘We’re going to usurp you and you are going to be moved aside.’ The manager of government business in the community will add another layer of assistance to ensure that communities have the administrative capacity. It will ensure that they can get assistance with any of the management arrangements. So it is not about usurping any of the original arrangements; it is about working alongside people and assisting and supporting them with those governance and administrative arrangements.