Jacinta Collins (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for School Education and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

Without referring to a dictionary, which I do not have at hand, and without having been intimately involved in the drafting of this bill, I think the common-sense meaning is essentially that 'concurrently' picks up the concept that in some circumstances, or at some points in time in a particular project, it is reasonable to expect, given what is reasonable and practicable, that the responsibilities hold at one level, or at another level or indeed at both—it will depend on a case-by-case basis on the circumstances involved.