Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

Now that we're in the committee stage, I want to indicate to the chamber that I have only a few questions that I just want to put to the minister and then, obviously, I'm more than happy to move onto the consideration of the amendments so that we can facilitate the bill through the parliament.

Minister, in relation to section 73(3) of the National Anti-Corruption Commission Bill 2022, the Australian Human Rights Commission recommended that the factors in section 73(3) be made mandatory rather than optional. Why has the government not adopted that amendment? It is one of the amendments that the coalition is putting forward. I understand the government is not supporting that amendment. Given that, as I said, it is the Australian Human Rights Commission that have made this recommendation that the factors in section 73(3) be made mandatory and not optional, what is the rationale for the government not adopting this amendment? I understand the amendment we're putting forward will not have government support.