George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Moore, what I take you to mean is that you want to know whether the person appointed as the Sex Discrimination Commissioner will have another commission as well. The functions of the Disability Discrimination Commissioner are being carried out by former senator Susan Ryan, and she is also the Age Discrimination Commissioner. In my view, Susan Ryan has carried out both of those roles with great skill and dedication. The fact that she has been double-hatted, as it were, has not been to the cost of either of those roles. In fact, there are obvious synergies between them. But in this particular case it is not the government's intention to ask the new Sex Discrimination Commissioner to act in another role with the Human Rights Commission.