Rod Kemp (Victoria, Liberal Party, Minister for the Arts and Sport) Share this | Hansard source

I think the view is that it is most likely that it would be a statutory authority, although I am advised it is possible that in a particular matter, if the Northern Territory government wanted to use a department, the bill would allow that. Again, it is about being flexible and being responsive to the wishes of the Northern Territory government, which—and I do not need to draw this to Senator Evans’s attention—is a Labor government.