Helen Haines (Indi, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

I applaud what the member for Fowler has put to us today with regard to her very deep and legitimate concerns for protections for people of non-English speaking backgrounds. I do have a problem though with the third amendment around the threshold for public hearings. I say to the member for Fowler that while I absolutely agree that all consideration must be given to ensure that people from non-English speaking backgrounds have every support enabled to them, I would agree with the Attorney-General on this point that the threshold for public hearings does allow for the commissioner to make special consideration of a person who may fall into this category. I would just like to put that on the record.

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