Slade Brockman (WA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I will now put the question on Senator David Pocock's amendments (1) and (2) on sheet 3493. The question is that the amendments be agreed to.

Senator David Pocock's circulated amendment s

(1) Clause 10, page 15 (lines 9 to 11), omit subclause (3), substitute:

(3) The Minister must not appoint a person as the Director-General unless:

(a) the Minister first appoints an independent selection panel consisting of at least 3 persons for the purposes of assessing whether a candidate is suitable for appointment; and

(b) the independent selection panel has advertised the appointment, conducted interviews and shortlisted at least 3 candidates for appointment on the basis of the following criteria:

(i) appropriate expertise;

(ii) qualifications or experience in public health matters;

(iii) integrity;

(iv) opportunities for promoting diversity in the public sector; and

(c) the independent selection panel has provided to the Minister a comparative assessment of the 3 shortlisted candidates against the criteria in paragraph (b), and a certification statement indicating that they are eligible for appointment; and

(d) that person has been shortlisted for the appointment by the independent selection panel in accordance with paragraph (b).

(2) Clause 30, page 28 (line 25) to page 29 (line 10), omit subclause (4), substitute:

Process for appointment

(4) The Minister must not appoint a person as a member to the Advisory Council unless:

(a) the Minister first appoints an independent selection panel consisting of at least 3 persons for the purposes of assessing whether a candidate is suitable for appointment; and

(b) the independent selection panel has advertised the appointment, conducted interviews and shortlisted at least 3 candidates for appointment on the basis of the following criteria:

(i) appropriate expertise, qualifications or experience in at least one of the following:

(A) public health matters;

(B) clinical practice;

(C) economics;

(D) human rights;

(E) data and statistics relating to public health matters;

(F) emergency management;

(G) communications;

(H) any other field that the Minister considers appropriate;

(ii) integrity;

(iii) opportunities for promoting diversity in the public sector; and

(c) the independent selection panel has provided to the Minister a comparative assessment of the 3 shortlisted candidates against the criteria in paragraph (b), and a certification statement indicating that they are eligible for appointment; and

(d) that person has been shortlisted for the appointment by the independent selection panel in accordance with paragraph (b).

Question negatived.