Deborah O'Neill (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Innovation) Share this | Hansard source

In light of your comments about it being a shared endeavour, I can't understand why this piece of legislation can't undertake a cooperative approach to criminal and civil law at this point in time. The minister has acknowledged that the AFP has a role to play—and there's an integration of services to address these issues. Is the minister aware that, at a Senate hearing, the AFP said 'uniformity in legislation across Australia would be most helpful for police in order to be able to investigate and charge perpetrators'?