Senate debates

Thursday, 27 November 2008

Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Emergency Response Consolidation) Bill 2008

In Committee

5:14 pm

Photo of Nigel ScullionNigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

Minister, I have a question with regard to the declaration and the prescribed area, and about the minister making the decision, on receiving information, that they would make a declared area. I would like to understand a bit more about the privacy issue. Somebody rings up and says: ‘Hi, how are you going? I’m Johnny Nabada, and I’m really concerned about this. I wonder if you can come and do something about it.’ The minister goes to the community and they ask who brought it up. What are the issues around giving some level of protection to the people or person who made that call, and what surety can the community have that somebody has, in fact, made that call?

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