George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Attorney-General) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to make a brief response on behalf of the opposition to the statement just made by the Minister for Human Services in relation to the draft disability access to premises buildings standards.

Leave granted.

I thank the government for its indulgence. Today the government is tabling draft disability standards relating to access to premises for buildings. The coalition supports the intent of this document, which is to improve access to public buildings for people living with a disability. The coalition will be interested in looking at the detail of the premises standards and the impacts that the standards could have on people with a disability, businesses and industry. We will also be closely following the committee process and will be interested to see the outcome of the consultations of the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee.