David Johnston (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

I appreciate this, but we have said that this bill is about is independence. We are not going to prescribe to Infrastructure Australia the way in which they should go about doing their cost-benefit analysis. This is what the whole of this legislation is about—an independent, arm's length from government assessment.

The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN: The question is that Australian Greens amendment to schedule 1, item 8, be agreed to:

Question agreed to.

The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN: We will now move to the next Greens amendment.