Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Senator Hume. I appreciate the sum of the discussions that we've had in the PLT on this. We would hope and envisage that it would be a consultative process around the appointment. There has been some early testing of interest or gearing up, but the formal recruitment process hasn't started. We're happy to work across the PLT with any views that you may have over that. It will be an important position that an individual will be recruited to, and it's important that that individual has the support of the parliament.