Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Education and Training) Share this | Hansard source

I am pleased to confirm for Senator Hanson-Young that the Department of Education and Training already has the power to request documents and to expect those documents to be provided, as well as appropriate checks and balances being in place. The secretariat for the National Schools Resourcing Board will be provided by the department, and therefore the powers do not need to be given explicitly to the board, as they will be able to be exercised by the department on behalf of the board.