Stephen Parry (Tasmania, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I do not like to disappoint Senator Ludlam but, sadly, I have to. I do agree that the coalition and I personally in the committee hearing found these provisions exceptionally complicated. A request was made to the Attorney-General’s Department to examine the entire regime of time frames. However, having said that, as Senator Ludlam has gone through the Greens amendments I think we have seen that there is still a large degree of complexity attached to the Greens’ method of determining how time frames will be established. We therefore are of a mind to support the government’s original amendments and not support the Greens amendments. However, we would still encourage a further wholesale review of the time frames, as highlighted in our committee report. I also add that the committee failed to make any firm recommendation in relation to times on this matter, leaving it to the goodwill of the Attorney-General’s Department to examine the time frames concerned.