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

Well, when I took on this portfolio and issues around legal compliance were raised with me, I asked Services Australia—and Minister Plibersek did the same on her appointment as Minister for Social Services—for all of the issues that were being raised and were continuing to be raised—you know, it's not just a point-in-time piece of work—to be brought forward and addressed, including issues that required legislation, issues that required a procedural response and issues that required further clarification. We have done that piece of work, and this is the result of that—bringing it forward in the way that you see. So I'm certainly standing here saying that we are dealing with this in an urgent way. I can't answer for the previous government; I can only answer for the time that I have been responsible, and I've brought this to the Senate at the earliest opportunity when I've been in a position to do so.