Nick Xenophon (SA, Nick Xenophon Team) Share this | Hansard source

I will ignore that very cynical interjection from Senator Di Natale!

Senator Di Natale interjecting—

Even in those cases, maybe there are some people in this country who don't know who Malcolm Turnbull or Bill Shorten are—not many, but there might be a couple. So, can the government indicate (a) whether they consider there is merit in what is being proposed, at least in relation to the issue of the upfront authorisation, and (b) whether the regulations would have the scope to allow for upfront authorisations to be embedded in the regulations?