Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

While I agree that there is a need for constant review, unfortunately I am not that confident that in fact we will have the necessary reviews, because there are already some significant flaws in this bill that the government is letting go through. There should be support for a clause of this nature to ensure that that review happens. Ideally, I would like to see it constantly reviewed—and Senator Ludwig indicated that that would be Labor’s preferred option—but I do not have any confidence that that in fact will occur. I am deeply concerned, as I have expressed in my speech on the second reading, about some of the implications of this legislation. I believe that it is vitally important that a review of this nature is built in to the act, so we will be supporting this amendment.