Senate debates
Wednesday, 15 August 2007
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Payment Reform) Bill 2007; Northern Territory National Emergency Response Bill 2007; Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Northern Territory National Emergency Response and Other Measures) Bill 2007; Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bill (No. 1) 2007-2008; Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bill (No. 2) 2007-2008
In Committee
6:46 pm
Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source
I want to go to another clause in part 5 as well. Division 2, subdivision A, clause 67(2) states:
(2) The Minister may give a direction, in writing, to the community services entity to do all or any of the following:
(a) provide the service—
which is fair enough—
(b) provide the service in a specified way (including directing that a specified person is to do, or is not to do, any specified thing in relation to the provision of the service) ...
Does that mean that the level of micromanagement that will go on is actually where the government, through the minister, will be specifically directing what people will be doing and who does what?
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