Christian Porter (Pearce, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Member, with respect to the second part of your question as to whether or not the body would have investigative powers over parliamentarians as part of its jurisdiction, the answer is yes. On the first part of the question, with respect to timing, these were matters that I raised at the National Press Club in a quite long speech last week. It's my intention to have a draft out for public consultation either early next year or later this year. That draft at the moment is up in excess of 300 pages. It is a complicated matter. Not the least of which reason is to ensure that this body fits into the myriad existing bodies that already do a range of investigative and oversight responsibilities for a range of different agencies and departments in the public sector. I'm very happy if you wish to seek a briefing on the progress of that to give it to you personally, or with other members of the crossbench.

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