Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

As I've indicated, the report that Senator Gichuhi is referencing is a draft report. The Productivity Commission is currently consulting on its draft report and will refine its recommendations and consider appropriate options for any transitional arrangements for its final report. I'm advised that the Productivity Commission work will include further consideration of what constitutes a reasonable level of services, and the Commonwealth Grants Commission, of course, is an independent body and I cannot comment or speculate on its internal processes or the outcomes of the final report. As is the normal process with draft reports, we will let the Productivity Commission complete its independent work before considering the final report, its findings and its recommendations, as a government, and at that point in time we will provide a response, which no doubt will be discussed in the Senate at that time.