Ms Julie Bishop (Curtin, Liberal Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women's Issues) Share this | Hansard source

Perhaps I could add something. I noted that, in her speech in the main debate, the member for Jagajaga referred to the Bills Digest and an interpretation of proposed new section 48 that obligations which are the prescribed events have always been and will always be in the regulations and therefore will be subject to parliamentary scrutiny. The proper interpretation of proposed new section 48 is that prescribed events can only be in the regulations. I would reject any other interpretation, and I believe that that has been made clear in the replacement explanatory memorandum.

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